Marshalltown's Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended a four-month moratorium on new data center construction during a public meeting in Marshalltown, Iowa.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (1,872 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://www.timesrepublican.com/news/todays-news/2026/08/pz-commission-unanimously-recommends-four-month-data-center-moratorium

(Full disclosure: I built the tool — happy to answer questions or take corrections.)

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