Rulings lead to data center limitations on ballot in 3 Kansas cities
El Dorado, Emporia and Ottawa will have ballot questions generated from citizen-led petitions. El Dorado and Emporia voters will consider whether to prohibit “high impact data centers” that require a peak electrical load exceeding 10 megawatts, or a daily water draw exceeding 100,000 gallons. Those voters also will consider banning tier 2 and 3 battery energy storage systems, which store electricity for later use. The question defines a tier 2 system as having an aggregate energy capacity between 81 and 600 kWh and a tier 3 system as any capacity greater than 600 kWh. Ottawa’s question only deals with prohibiting “utility-intensive data centers,” which is defined as a facility with an electrical load of at least 25 megawatts.
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