DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Data Centers and the NTMWD Service Area

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DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Data Centers and the NTMWD Service Area Executive Director Covington introduced this discussion item. She advised that there is a lot of interestrecentlyregardingdatacentersandtheirpossibleimpacton communities, alongwith their potential impact on water resources. She provided the Directors with a copy of a letter being provided to Member Cities and Customers on the subject of data centers and it advised that should anyof thembeginto considerthe possibilityof havingone builtin theircommunity, thatthe District wants to be involved with those discussions. Director of Water Resources Galen Roberts explained that data centers are facilities that house computing and networking resources for storing and processing data. He added that this is not a newconcept, butthe number, size, andscaleof datacentershaveincreasedin recentyearsdue to demand. He stated that the data centers are located throughout the U. S., but some areas have a relatively high number, including

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 5.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.