SUPERIOR, Wis. (WRN) — Another Wisconsin community enacts a data center moratorium.
The Superior City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium last week and referred the matter to the city’s Plan Commission to consider the appropriateness and impact that a data center could have on the community. Mayor Jim Paine said the Plan Commission will begin its work on data centers when commissioners meet in three weeks.
Google is building a 1.8 million square foot, $2 billion data center in the nearby Duluth suburb of Hermantown, a project that’s drawn opposition and a pair of lawsuits. In January, Madison enacted a 1-year moratorium on primary data centers larger than 10,000 square feet.
Dane, Dodge LaCrosse and Manitowoc Counties have all enacted moratoriums of between one year and 18 months on the permitting and construction of large data centers.