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📜 Data center rules · Aurora
Aurora City Council banned water-heavy evaporative cooling in new commercial, apartment and industrial buildings, including data centers. It does not apply to the city's existing data centers. Rules on setbacks, noise and screening are still being written.
Sept 2026Source
📌 Other · Aurora
Aurora City Council rejected a pause on new data centers; the mayor broke a tie. Instead it voted 7-4 to write data center rules, starting with a ban on water-heavy evaporative cooling and setbacks and buffers near some mixed-use areas.
Aug 10, 2026Source
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