Voters approved a sweeping zoning amendment to limit where and how data centers can operate in Mansfield.
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As Massachusetts communities confront the rapid rise of data centers tied to artificial intelligence and cloud computing, Mansfield has positioned itself at the front of the state’s response.
At the town’s Annual Town Meeting on May 5, voters approved Article 23, a sweeping zoning amendment that creates strict limits on where and how data centers can operate in Mansfield. The measure effectively bars the kinds of large-scale facilities increasingly appearing across the country, while leaving a narrow pathway for smaller operations under close municipal oversight…