Riverside will keep data centers off-limits while a city working group studies their potential impacts and develops recommendations on whether — and under what conditions — they should be allowed.
The City Council voted 5-2 on Nov. 10 to affirm the city’s interpretation that data centers are prohibited under existing zoning rules. Councilmembers Chuck Conder and Sean Mill opposed the resolution.
The decision leaves the city unable to issue permits for data centers while the council’s artificial intelligence working group completes its review. The approved motion ties that prohibition to the group finishing its work and the council adopting its recommendations…