Parish Council Urges Ordinance Scheme to Regulate Data Centers | Pelican Post - Online Newspaper
Council members want new rules to require data centers to bring their own power and limit groundwater cooling before a Planning Commission vote next week.
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Ascension council votes to place restrictions on potential data center developments in parish
GONZALES — In Ascension Parish, council members are working to get ahead of any efforts to bring data centers into the parish as similar projects advance in other parts of the state. The parish council, at its Thursday night meeting, approved a resolution calling on the Planning and Zoning Commission to create guidelines for what they call "high-impact development facilities." The council said that many residents have come forward with concerns …
AI's environmental footprint is consuming our resources to such an extent that there is a need for more regulation of data centers on a global level, according to several stakeholders.
Parish Council urges ordinance scheme to regulate data centers | Pelican Post - Online Newspaper
Ascension Parish, like localities across the nation, is ill-prepared to regulate the Artificial Intelligence industry and the enormous data centers necessary to support it. Staff members and the Planning Commission have “been working on an ordinance for some time (because) we’re a little nervous that someone might try to apply before we get this ordinance in place,” explained Council Chairman Chase Melancon during last night’s council meeting i…
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