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Mattoon City Council unanimously approves 1-year data center moratorium
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Fusion42 · 2 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
The Mattoon City Council has unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new data center developments to allow time for review and planning.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Deep Tech: Telecom & Connectivity, and 1 source has reported it.
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Your plans for data center expansion in Mattoon just hit a pause for a year. Use this time to engage local officials and shape the new rules before development resumes.
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