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Monterey Park becomes first US city to permanently ban data centers

The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News [Unofficial] June 10, 2026
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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Monterey Park voted 86 percent to 14 percent last Tuesday to permanently ban data centers from the city. It is the first US city to do it through a ballot initiative. Campaign organizer Steven Kung called it “a landslide victory.” On the reasons: “The noise pollution, the air pollution, […] The post Monterey Park becomes first US city to permanently ban data centers first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

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