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Fort Worth City Hall.<\/p>\n
Amanda McCoy<\/p>\n
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As the city of Fort Worth prepares to weigh a potential moratorium<\/a> on new data center developments, city council member Jeanette Martinez is calling for the creation of a data center task force.<\/p>\n Martinez announced the request in a July 28 news release, saying that she has \u201cofficially requested for the creation of an independent, community-focused Data Center Task Force to keep the public\u2019s interest at the forefront of the discussion surrounding these facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n The creation of the task force would run in tandem with the process of instituting a potential moratorium, Martinez explained to a person who commented on a social media post about the request.<\/p>\n The task force, Martinez said, would be led by \u201cdedicated community members and subject-matter experts.\u201d<\/p>\n A city spokesperson declined to comment until the council\u2019s Aug. 4 meetings.<\/p>\n Martinez did not return a request for comment Wednesday.<\/p>\n Fort Worth City Attorney Leann Guzman said that the city \u201cdoes not have an answer to that question yet\u201d on the next steps for the task force\u2019s creation, or whether it will be on the agenda for the council\u2019s meeting in August.<\/p>\n At its meeting on Aug. 11, the city council is expected to weigh whether to begin the legal process of instituting a city-level moratorium on new data center developments.<\/a><\/p>\n