Aurora Residents Demand Data Center Moratorium and Police Leadership Change

By Olivia Young | CBS Colorado

During Monday’s Aurora City Council meeting, neighbors called for a data center moratorium and for Aurora’s police chief to be removed.

City council unanimously passed an ordinance that will keep data centers from being built in some areas. It’s a step toward limiting where data centers can be, not banning them entirely.

The city of Aurora has nine existing data centers, with five in various stages of the development process.

Many public commenters Monday spoke out against data centers.

“We need a moratorium on all data centers!” one Aurora neighbor said, and was met with loud cheers from the audience.

“I do not want this data center to be built near my home building this data center will affect all the creatures. Please don’t build this data center, thank you,” a young boy said on the record.

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