Prohibit Construction of Data Centers Initiative

PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION

The proposed amendment would amend the Charter of the City of Sunbury to add Section 11.05 to Article XI to read as follows:

Article XI, Section 11.05: Prohibition of Construction of a Data Center.

(A) The construction of a data center is hereby prohibited.

(B) As used in this Section, “construction” shall mean the erection of one or more buildings, infrastructure, facilities, and related activities, which include preparations and modifications for same, for a common purpose.

(C)As used in this Section, “data center” shall mean one or more buildings or physical facilities or infrastructure, located on a single real property parcel or on contiguous, adjacent, or otherwise aggregated real property parcels that:

(1) Are used primarily or exclusively for digital information services such as the management, storage, processing, and dissemination of electronic data and information through the use of computer systems, servers, networking equipment, and related components, including equipment cooling systems; and

(2) Has an aggregate monthly demand or peak load of greater than twenty-five (25) megawatts, however derived from any energy source, or a combination

thereof.

(D)This Section is self-executing.

Shall Article XI, Section 11.05 of the Charter of the City of Sunbury be adopted?