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The Memphis City Council approved a move toward developing land-use standards and regulations for new data centers that comes with a 135-day moratorium.
The nonbinding resolution approved at a tense and standing-room-only council session is similar to a resolution the council voted down in September 2025.
The Democratic contender for U.S. Senate in Mississippi spoke to supporters in Southaven, urging more regulation and transparency around data centers.
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“People power can win, even when City Hall has six attorneys ... trying to silence dissent against data centers and the billionaires who are popping them up all across our country,” State Rep. Justin J. Pearson said.
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The Memphis City Council’s proposed data center regulations have sparked debate among Daily Memphian readers.
The data-center moratorium vote is back, and council member Yolanda Cooper-Sutton is suspended from some duties.
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Five ordinances and a resolution — all on data centers — top the Tuesday council agenda including a call for a moratorium on new data centers.
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This week sees the Memphis City Council return for two three-hour sessions on what a possible data center moratorium could look like.