A 90-day moratorium on data centers takes effect today in the Rio Grande Valley’s largest and oldest city, Brownsville.
The Brownsville City Commission approved the three-month-long moratorium during a special meeting on Wednesday, November 4, after months of public pushback. The moratorium takes effect Thursday, November 5, and runs through February 3, 2027. But the commission is expected to approve a second 90-day moratorium after the first expires, according to a statement from the City of Brownsville.
The moratorium temporarily pauses “the acceptance, processing and approval of data center applications within the City of Brownsville and its Extraterritorial Jurisdiction,” according to an October 7 news release…