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Memphis pauses new data centers and steers their tax money to nearby neighborhoods

Presiding over the data-center ordinance schedule

Memphis set aside $3.26 million in data-center tax revenue for the neighborhoods around a SpaceXAI site on Nov. 10, and pushed final votes on two data-center zoning ordinances to Dec. 22. The city has been under a 135-day pause on new data-center permits since Oct. 20.

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