NO DATA CENTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota state law says that cities can only enact temporary moratoriums - not permanent bans - on data centers. Minneapolis' six-month moratorium will expire on November 21st and we need zoning regulations so restrictive that they act as an effective ban on the big data centers that are destroying out environment and creating the physical infrastructure for artificial intelligence.

PEOPLE POWER MINNEAPOLIS In Minneapolis, we've shown that our power comes from our human relationships and deep community connections. We reject the extractive data and attention economy that separates us from each other - and benefits big corporations. WE'RE ALREADY UNITED The city initially proposed a number of neighborhoods for potential data centers. But immediate outrage - and more than 1,500 comments as of mid-September - forced the city to rescind that map and restrict potential data centers to two areas downtown. NOW WE NEED TO GET SPECIFIC Right now, data centers COULD be built in ten of the city's fifteen zoning districts because there are NO regulations. To effectively ban these harmful facilities we need to be clear about our demands: tighter regulations around size, sound, and notification to take Minneapolis off the map for big data.

WE SUPPORT... The proposed regulations say that: No new building may be built for a data center and that data centers cannot be the only principal use on a lot. Data centers are limited to TWO specific areas: DT1 Downtown Center and DT2 Downtown Destination. Data centers are prohibited from the first and second floor of buildings to reduce impact on the public. Data centers must disclose their expected use of water, electricity, and generators.

BUT WE NEED STRONGER REGULATIONS... The proposed regulations allow data centers with up to 175,000 square feet of white space. That's too big. The average size of a data center right now is only 100,000 square feet. In the Great Lakes, only hyperscale data centers exceed 175,000 square feet, while retail data centers average less than 25,000 square feet. We demand a cap of 25,000 square feet in Minneapolis.