The City of Monroe, Wisconsin and surrounding Green County are looking at proposals to regulate any future data center projects and the availability of land.
Vandewalle & Associates of Madison, Wisconsin, is assisting the City with an outline of available policy options. These include options such as using zoning code to regulate or ban data centers outright; or enacting a moratorium on any data center proposals.
Vandewalle & Associates’ Planner Shannon Haydin suggested at the July 8 commission meeting that while a moratorium can be a temporary measure, it is not a long-term replacement for zoning and comprehensive land-use planning. She said that an effort should be made to update the City’s comprehensive land use plan with an eye on emerging and tech-driven development trends.