City Council talks data center pause and votes on new MATA board

By , Daily Memphian Published: August 31, 2026 3:36 PM CT

The one-year moratorium on new data centers would be to develop guidelines and regulations for the centers as part of the county’s Unified Development Code.

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Memphis City Council data centers MATA board Mud Island Amphitheater Short-term rental ordinance

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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