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Metro Council voted NO to a crucial one-year pause on new data centers. Instead of taking a year to protect our community, they approved a compressed six-month pause. Six months isn’t enough time to get this right. And we can’t let them waste a single day.

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3. Mandate facilities to continuously recycle their water instead of draining millions of gallons from our local water supply. 4. Ensure tech companies are legally and financially responsible for cleaning up their sites, so taxpayers aren't left with toxic industrial waste or empty concrete shells.

1. Large Residential Buffers: Protect neighborhood families and property values from the constant, industrial hum of massive cooling fans. 2. Utility Transparency: Provide clear public data on how new data centers will impact our local energy capacity and monthly utility bills.

1. Large Residential Buffers: Protect neighborhood families and property values from the constant, industrial hum of massive cooling fans. 2. Utility Transparency: Provide clear public data on how new data centers will impact our local energy capacity and monthly utility bills.

TAKE ACTION TODAY: 1. Email the 16 MC members who voted NO. Let them know we’re watching their every move over the next 6 months. 2. Flood their channels with demands for strict regulations. 3. Attend upcoming planning meetings to speak out.4. Hold those who voted NO accountable in November.

16 NO Votes (Voted against the 1-year pause/chose tech and developers over constituents): * Republicans: Reed, Kramer, Joseph, Seum Jr., Bast, Parker, Piagentini, Benson, Bratcher, Hudson, Mulvey-Woolridge, Batshon. * Democrats: Owen, Winkler, Ackerson.

THE VOTING BREAKDOWN 10 YES Votes (aka Listened to their constituents): * Republicans: 0 * Democrats: Hawkins, Shanklin, Parrish-Wright, Herndon, Purvis, Lyninger, Raymond, Chappell, Ruhe. * Independents: McCraney.

WHAT WE’RE DEMANDING IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS: Protect families and home values from constant industrial cooling noise. Clear data on how utility bills will be affected. Require facilities to recycle water continuously. Ensure we aren’t left holding the bag for toxic cleanup or abandoned empty shells.