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Oakland City Council extends data center freeze while it drafts development rules
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend its data center moratorium until next October. The 10-month-and-15-day extension is designed to give city staff enough time to research and develop new regulations and development standards for any future requests to build data centers in Oakland. In October, the City Council passed an “urgency ordinance” […] The post Oakland City Council extends data center freeze while it drafts development rules appeared first on Local News Matters .
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The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend its data center moratorium until next October. The 10-month-and-15-day extension is designed to give city staff enough time to research and develop new regulations and development standards for any future requests to build data centers in Oakland. In October, the City Council passed an “urgency ordinance” […] The post Oakland City Council extends data center freeze while it drafts development rules appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Oakland City Council extends data center freeze while it drafts development rules, The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend its data center moratorium until next October. The 10-month-and-15-day extension is designed to give city staff enough time to research and develop new regulations and development standards for any future requests to build data centers in Oakland. In October, the City Council passed an “urgency ordinance” […] The post Oakland City Council extends data center freeze while it drafts development rules appeared first on Local News Matters .
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