Concerned citizens request 18-month moratorium on potential data centers at City Council meeting
Residents in St. Joseph, Missouri, are actively protesting a proposed data center and have requested an 18-month moratorium from the City Council to establish legislative safeguards. While the developer, Capstone Technology Campus LLC, withdrew its rezoning and annexation requests, the citizens' group aims for a temporary ban to research impacts and create protective ordinances. They are seeking to prevent future data center developments without proper regulation.
Residents of St. Joseph, Missouri, organized under the "Say No to Data Centers St. Joe" Facebook group, have intensified their efforts against data center development in the city. During the June 6 St. Joseph City Council meeting, citizens formally requested an 18-month moratorium on any potential data center projects.
The push for a moratorium comes despite Capstone Technology Campus LLC, the owner of the proposed data center site at 6321 Pickett Road, withdrawing all rezoning and annexation requests on June 26. The community group's objective is to compel the city to enact a temporary ban, allowing time to research the environmental and community impacts of data centers and to establish comprehensive legislative safeguards.
Protests continue, with residents gathering outside City Hall during subsequent City Council meetings, holding signs to voice their opposition to the data center proposals and advocate for the moratorium.