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Town of Wawarsing

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Pro-Data Center Policies

Wawarsing has an enacted six-month pause on new data center projects while the town reviews land-use, safety, environmental, and financial concerns; the description also calls it proposed.

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current law · Town of Wawarsing

Would impose a proposed six-month pause on data centers and battery energy storage systems (BESS) to give Wawarsing officials time to examine land-use, zoning, public-safety, environmental, and fiscal concerns and protect the town’s safety, environment, and finances (proposed six-month moratorium).Town of Wawarsing Proposed Data Center and Battery Storage Moratorium (2026)

What this means

If enacted, the proposed six-month moratorium would temporarily stop new data center projects while the town reviews land-use, safety, environmental, and financial concerns (a six-month moratorium). That is a serious short-term barrier, though it is not a permanent ban.

Timing

Ends: a six-month period

The sources describe a proposed six-month moratorium on data centers and battery energy storage systems. They do not provide a confirmed adoption date or a specific calendar expiration date.

People behind it

Wawarsing Town Board
Town legislative body expected to consider and enact the six-month moratorium on data centers and battery energy storage systems.

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Imposes a six-month moratorium on data centers, temporarily prohibiting their development while the town reviews land-use, zoning, public-safety, environmental, and fiscal concerns.

Sources

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