The Carlton Pine Journal reports…

The board will weigh a moratorium to pause data center construction for one year at the urging of grassroots organizers.

At the urging of grassroots organizers, the Cloquet County Board of Commissioners will consider a one-year moratorium on data center construction within the county.

On Tuesday, organizers with the Carlton County Land Stewards, which formed in opposition to Enbridge’s Line 3 project, filled the Carlton County Transportation Building to argue for the moratorium. The board subsequently voted to advance the proposed interim ordinance for further consideration at its July 14 meeting. The ordinance would pause data center construction — and authorize a study on whether additional regulation within the county would be required.

“There has not been a proposal yet for a data center in our county, but I believe it is in the county’s best interest to restrict the expansion and establishment of data centers for the development of property for a data center while the study is ongoing,” Commissioner Sue Zmyslony said at the workshop meeting.

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The board will likely hold a public hearing on the moratorium in August, Berg said.

You can learn more about the Carlton County Board of Commissioners meetings online.