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Community Voice: A data center moratorium that only pauses what’s convenient$

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp proposed a one-year moratorium on new data center construction in unincorporated areas, citing concerns about power grid, water supply, and rural infrastructure impacts. Commissioners are scheduled to vote on this proposal. Critics argue the moratorium is performative as it exempts an ongoing Oracle data center project downtown and is too short to address underlying legal and public input issues.