ACT NOW
Turn your concern into power
Thanks to citizen pushback, Louisville has a 180-day moratorium on new data centers. That time must be used to adopt thorough rules to protect your environment and health and local economy. Louisville Metro's draft rules are deeply flawed. We need -- and deserve -- better protection from large data centers. Please take action today:
Easy Step: Sign this petition
Better Step: Advocate directly to decision-makers; ask them to adopt the model ordinance (below) instead of wasting time trying to fix the seriously flawed first draft.
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Choose one or more of the top concerns in black, below. Write why they matter to you.
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Ask that the mayor's draft be replaced with Kentucky Resources Council's model ordinance.
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Add that non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are anti-democractic and therefore unacceptable.
Copy and paste your comments into each of these forms:
The draft ordinance is convoluted and has serious loopholes. Here are LCAN's priority concerns for your consideration:
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Eliminate arbitrary tiers. Regulate all data centers on the basis of how much they would impact neighbors, everyone's utility bills, etc.
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Eliminate loopholes. No proposed data center should be approved without public input, an opportunity for a hearing and Metro Council review. Create a new "Industrial Data Center" zoning classification for all data centers and require all proposers to obtain a Conditional Use Permit (CUP).
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Ensure that all other electric, natural gas, water and wastewater utility customers cannot be forced to subsidize data centers with higher bills and/or poorer service.
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Ensure that data centers don't prevent Louisville from achieving our 100% renewable energy goals.
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Limit off-site noise as measured on all decibel scales, including when generators are running, using technology and set-backs.
THANK YOU for exercising your civic muscle.