TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Tallahassee commissioners clashed over data center restrictions in a Wednesday meeting.
Commissioner Jeremy Matlow proposed a one-year moratorium for the city of Tallahassee, but City Manager Reese Goad says the city couldn’t have a data center right now even if it wanted to.
“That the city commission is in very good shape because local law does not allow for the data centers. They cannot exist based on the comp plan and land use ordinances,” Goad said.
Goad said the city would also have to triple the size of its utilities to support a center.
Matlow’s motion failed 3 to 2, with Matlow and Porter in support of it.
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