Chesapeake City Council approves 8-month hold on data center applications

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The Chesapeake City Council unanimously approved a temporary moratorium to pause all reviews of data center applications for up to eight months while officials draft a formal policy.

The decision follows a Planning Commission recommendation to create stricter zoning ordinances that include noise limits and mandatory public outreach for future developments.

While many residents spoke in favor of pausing new proposals, some expressed frustration over the delay and urged more stringent rules.

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Chesapeake is a diverse city with few urban areas as well as many square miles of protected farmland, forests, and wetlands, including a substantial portion of the Great Dismal Swamp. Extending all the way from the rural border with North Carolina to the harbor area of Hampton Roads adjacent to the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Chesapeake is located on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and has miles of waterfront industrial, commercial and residential property.