Issue 17: Prohibit Data Centers Initiative

Proposed Charter Amendment

City of Trenton

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

Shall the Charter of the City of Trenton be amended to add Article IX, Section 9.06, as follows:

Be it Resolved by the People of the City of Trenton that the Charter of the City of Trenton is hereby amended to add Section 9.06 to Article IX to read as follows:

Article IX, Section 9.06. 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.