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Gilroy council to consider 10-month pause on new data center proposals
Gilroy staff are expected to recommend extending the city’s temporary halt on data center development by 10 months and 15 days. Residents have raised concerns about water, electricity, noise and public input, while a large Amazon project already under construction would remain unaffected.
Gilroy’s City Council is scheduled to consider extending the city’s temporary moratorium on data center development at a meeting Monday, as residents press for more scrutiny of the facilities’ potential impacts.
City staff are expected to recommend keeping the pause in place for an additional 10 months and 15 days. The current moratorium followed community concerns about data centers’ water and power demands, noise and transparency in the development process.
Some residents say they did not have a meaningful opportunity to weigh in on projects. They have also pointed to a $2 billion Amazon Web Services data center now under construction in Gilroy. The proposed extension would not affect that project, which is being built on 56 acres zoned for heavy industrial use.
The council meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. Residents can participate in person or online. The debate comes as other Bay Area communities also contend with questions about data center growth and its local effects.