New Albany Plan Commission recommends city council proceed with data center moratorium
The New Albany Plan Commission has recommended that the city council proceed with a one-year moratorium on new data center developments. This proposal, initiated by Mayor Jeff Gahan, aims to allow officials to study the environmental and quality-of-life impacts of data centers. Public input on the proposed moratorium was heard at a special meeting.
The New Albany Plan Commission has formally recommended that the city council move forward with a proposed one-year moratorium on data center developments within the city. This recommendation follows a special meeting where members of the public voiced their opinions on the potential pause in development.
New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan initially proposed the moratorium, citing a need for city officials to thoroughly examine the environmental and quality-of-life impacts associated with data center projects. Scott Wood, director of the plan commission, indicated that the commission is in the early stages of researching data centers to better understand these effects.