A motion to put a six-month pause on data centers in Gardner died Monday night, despite support from residents and the backing of one city councilmember. The discussion comes as multiple Johnson County cities, including Gardner, have been weighing data center proposals in recent months. Earlier this spring, a data center application was withdrawn in Spring Hill. Then, a California-based company withdrew its data center application in Gardner, following community pushback. And Edgerton currently has a data center application on the table, even as De Soto also moves forward with another. Ono Monday night, the Gardner City Council discussed a measure to impose a six-month moratorium, which would’ve temporarily prevented applications for facilities where the primary use was a data center. Councilmember Kelly Johnson made a motion to approve the moratorium, but no other councilmember offered a second, and the motion died. Other councilmembers said they didn’t see any benefit from the moratorium even as residents who showed up pressed for the pause.
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