The El Paso City Council is taking a hard look at data centers cropping up in the area.
During its Tuesday, Feb. 17, meeting, the City Council will consider a plan to develop a data center policy framework, including an assessment of all current 380 agreements for area data centers.
The new policy would require data centers to coordinate with city and county governments, as well as utility providers, “to assess infrastructure capacity, long term demand, and system impacts associated with data center development,” according to a document accompanying Tuesday’s agenda…