St. Charles considering permanent ban on data centers
News Clip1:56FOX 2 St. Louis·St. Charles, MO·2/9/2026
The city of St. Charles, Missouri is considering a permanent ban on data centers after implementing a one-year moratorium six months ago. The city cited excessive resource needs of proposed data center projects as the reason for potentially making the pause permanent.
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St. Charles began a one-year moratorium on data centers six months ago, which was originally set to expire in August. Leaders now want to make that pause permanent following staff reports that the resource needs of proposed projects are excessive.
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