{"id":198837,"date":"2026-05-21T13:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/198837\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:21:07","slug":"cave-city-approves-second-reading-for-data-center-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/198837\/","title":{"rendered":"Cave City approves second reading for data center moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By GAGE WILSON<br \/>For <a href=\"https:\/\/glasgownews1.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Glasgow News 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cave City has officially passed a 12-month moratorium on any data centers or IT infrastructure facilities seeking to move into the city.<\/p>\n<p>The action comes after a contentious meeting last week in which the council rejected a proposed zoning ordinance that would have added language regulating future data center projects within city limits. Rather than adopting the ordinance, council members instead proposed the moratorium as a temporary measure while the council forms a committee to work alongside county planning and zoning officials on a more permanent solution.<\/p>\n<p>The five-minute special-called meeting Wednesday, May 20, featured only one item on the agenda \u2014 the second reading of the moratorium ordinance, which became official upon approval.<\/p>\n<p>Community members once again filled council chambers to voice opposition to the possibility of data centers locating within the city. While many attendees celebrated the moratorium\u2019s passage, several also expressed a desire to see a permanent ban on such facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Leticia Cline said the moratorium would give the city time to conduct further research and determine what legal options may exist to restrict or potentially prohibit the facilities altogether.<\/p>\n<p>With councilwoman Beverly Ford absent due to medical reasons, the council approved the moratorium in a 4-1 vote, with councilman Denny Doyle casting the lone dissenting vote.<\/p>\n<p>As the meeting adjourned, attendees approached Mayor Dwayne Hatcher to ask whether any applications for data centers are currently active within the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are none that I am aware of,\u201d Hatcher said.<\/p>\n<p>The next step will be the formation of a committee to work with the Joint City-County Planning Commission to further research the facilities and determine what actions Cave City can legally take moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Key facts:<br \/>\u2013 Cave City Council approves second reading of a 12-month moratorium on data centers and IT infrastructure facilities<br \/>\u2013 Special called meeting Wednesday, May 20, lasted about five minutes and focused solely on the moratorium ordinance<br \/>\u2013 Council vote was 4-1, with Councilman Denny Doyle dissenting and Councilwoman Beverly Ford absent for medical reasons<br \/>\u2013 Moratorium follows a contentious earlier meeting where a proposed zoning ordinance to regulate data centers was rejected<br \/>\u2013 Community members again filled council chambers, many opposing the idea of data centers in the city and some seeking a permanent ban<br \/>\u2013 Councilwoman Leticia Cline says the moratorium allows time to research legal options to regulate or potentially prohibit facilities<br \/>\u2013 A new committee will work with the Joint City-County Planning Commission on long-term rules for data centers<br \/>\u2013 Mayor Dwayne Hatcher said he is not aware of any active data center applications in Cave City <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By GAGE WILSONFor Glasgow News 1 Cave City has officially passed a 12-month moratorium on any data centers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-198837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}