Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Missoula County
County commissioners voted unanimously to pause new or bigger data centers for up to one year while staff write new rules. It covers all county land outside the city of Missoula. Thirty people spoke, all in favor. The pause can be extended one more year after another hearing. It came after a plan for a data center at the Bonner Mill industrial park, which later fell through.
📜 Data center rules · Missoula County
After a crypto mine at the Bonner Mill industrial park caused power and noise problems from 2017 to 2020, the county wrote rules for crypto mines and data centers. They are only allowed in industrial zones. Sites next to homes need a special exemption. Owners must recycle electronic waste and bring in new renewable power.
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