This comprehensive 85-page policy toolkit provides specific legislative and regulatory language for local and state governments to stop, slow, and restrict data center development through enforceable interventions. Offers detailed legal mechanisms including conditional use permitting structures, rate class definitions, contract guarantee language, and enforcement provisions drawn from actual ordinances nationwide.
Includes assessment of interventions: local prohibitions/moratoriums, conditional use permits with binding conditions, zoning ordinances (industrial-only, setbacks, design requirements), resource regulations (water conservation plans with specific thresholds, 24/7 renewable mandates, noise limits of 45-50 dBA), tax incentive repeals, and ratepayer protections (separate rate classes for 20+ MW loads, minimum demand requirements, exit fees).
Include enforcement mechanisms beyond nominal fines, anti-preemption strategies, provisions against developer loopholes (trade secret exemptions, SPE anonymity, NDA bans), and integration of AI harm protections with infrastructure policy.
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