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The Environmental Affairs Board unanimously approved sending elected officials a general letter about the environmental implications of data centers as Durham considers changes affecting extensions of a data center moratorium. The current moratorium is scheduled to end in early July, and the proposed amendment would give governing bodies more discretion over extensions by defaulting to state law.
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The board will communicate its environmental concerns about data centers to elected officials while Durham considers whether to extend the current moratorium. The minutes say more than 10 smaller data centers already operate in the city or county, with no reported complaints about noise from those facilities. The board also unanimously elected its new officers, but the Secretary position remains vacant.
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