City Council Full Meeting, October 6, 2026
Deferred: Temporary moratorium on data center development permits (Ordinance No. 5982), 7-5
What happened
On October 6, 2026, Memphis deferred Temporary moratorium on data center development permits (Ordinance No. 5982) (7-5).
The Memphis City Council voted 7-5 to HOLD (continue) the data center moratorium ordinance (Ordinance No. 5982, item 21), along with related items 19, 20, and 31, to the October 20, 2026 meeting, and to convene a planning and zoning working session Thursday at 1 p.m.
- Jurisdiction
- Memphis, TN
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- October 6, 2026
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Deferred, 7-5
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Temporary moratorium on data center development permits (Ordinance No. 5982)
Ordinance declaring a temporary moratorium on acceptance, processing, approval and issuing of zoning, land use, building, and associated infrastructure permits for data center developments within the City of Memphis, up for third and final reading. The council voted 7-5 to HOLD items 19, 20, 21,...
Key Decisions (1)
Temporary moratorium on data center development permits (Ordinance No. 5982)
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
Data centers grew from 1% of TVA's industrial load in…
Commercial Demand
Multiple data center facilities are active or planned in Memphis…
Sentiment
Strong community opposition and council concern over data center siting…
Infrastructure
$10.3 million in XAI-related personal and property tax revenue (25%…
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18 distinct speakers; 10 identified names.
All speaker roles: 10 Councilmember, 4 Public, 1 Chair, 1 Clerk, 1 Attorney, 1 Unknown.
Identified name roles: 8 Councilmember, 1 Chair, 1 Attorney.
Speaker sample: Jana Swearingen-Washington, Chair.
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- zoning (12 timestamps)
- land use (4 timestamps)
- traffic study (1 timestamps)
- density (1 timestamps)
- residential (1 timestamps)
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