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Caddo Commission sends data center moratorium to committee
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Fusion42 · 21 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Caddo Parish commissioners deferred a proposed moratorium on new and expanding data centers to a committee for further review, amid resident concerns over rising utilities and declining property values. The parish attorney advised that a moratorium requires an ordinance rather than a resolution, and a new ordinance was proposed to mandate environmental impact studies from data center developers.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Deep Tech: Telecom & Connectivity.
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Local data centre regulation is tightening with required environmental reviews and potential moratoriums; you need to rethink your development timelines and prepare for new local compliance hurdles in the US market.
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