夏洛特市议会今晚举行听证会：拟将数据中心建设禁令延长至2027年10月
夏洛特市议会定于10月12日举行公开听证会，讨论是否将全市新建数据中心禁令延长至2027年10月11日。公众可通过市政府网站在线报名发言。听证会后，市议会预计于10月26日投票表决。
市议会今年6月通过了一项为期150天的数据中心建设禁令，将于11月5日到期。若延长获批，禁令将在现有基础上再延续11个月。禁令期间，市政府工作人员得以研究数据中心议题，并考虑在州法律允许的范围内制定监管措施。值得注意的是，数据中心目前在夏洛特八个分区内属于“允许直接建设”用途，无需经过市政府审批即可开工；禁令阻止开发商启动新项目，但已开工的设施不受影响。
市议员对数据中心缺乏监管的担忧可追溯至2023年，但市政府工作人员直到禁令期才开展全面政策审查。8月，夏洛特成立了一个19人工作组，深入研究该议题并协助制定建议。副市经理艾莉森·克雷格（Alyson Craig）9月早些时候向市议会交通、规划与发展委员会表示，市政府需要更多时间咨询专家，并与杜克能源（Duke）等不受市政府管辖的外部公司协商最佳实践方案，同时按数据中心的类型和规模制定差异化标准。她说，目前在拟议的条例修改上“还没有明确的前进路径，需要一些时间充实内容、做更多研究”。
据《夏洛特观察家报》报道，不分区议员迪姆普尔·阿杰梅拉（Dimple Ajmera）表示：“这是我们将要作出的最具影响力的政策决定之一。这不仅影响环境，还影响我们的居民、电费用户、纳税人、我们的钱包，最重要的是我们的生活质量。”夏洛特是北卡罗来纳州数十个通过类似禁令的辖区之一。
与此同时，夏洛特道格拉斯国际机场也在推进名为“CLT Beyond”的改进计划。据 Axios Charlotte 10月7日报道，机场与美国航空、达美、边疆、西南、联合五家航空公司签署的《航空公司使用与租赁协议》框架下，规划项目包括：C航站楼新增登机口、连接主航站楼与扩建后C航站楼的旅客隧道、翻新国际到达区、扩建中庭与国际登机口，为2027年秋季第四平行跑道启用做准备，另含电气等基础设施与系统升级。机场发言人未披露该计划总造价。机场定于10月12日的市议会会议上作公开介绍，议员将在之后的会议上作出决定。此前，机场2024年完成了2.41亿美元的A航站楼二期扩建，新增10个登机口。
（综合自 Charlotte Newsroom 援引《夏洛特观察家报》、GovTech 援引 TNS、Axios Charlotte 报道）
Charlotte City Council Holds Hearing Tonight on Extending Data Center Moratorium Through October 2027
The Charlotte City Council will hold a public hearing on October 12 on whether to extend the citywide pause on new data center construction through October 11, 2027. Residents can sign up to speak through an online form on the city's website. The council is expected to vote on October 26, after the hearing.
The council passed a 150-day moratorium in June that expires November 5. An extension would continue the pause for an additional 11 months, giving staff time to study the issue and consider regulatory changes within the bounds of state law. Data centers are currently allowed by right in eight zoning districts, meaning they require no city approval; the moratorium stops developers from starting new projects, while facilities already underway can proceed.
Council members' concerns about the lack of oversight date back to 2023, but staff had not conducted a sweeping policy review until the moratorium. In August, Charlotte established a 19-person task force to study the issue and help craft recommendations. Deputy City Manager Alyson Craig told the council's transportation, planning, and development committee in September that staff needed more time to consult experts and work with external companies such as Duke Energy, which fall outside the city's control, on best practices, and to develop different standards for different types and sizes of data centers.
"This is one of the consequential policy decisions that we will be making," at-large Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera said, according to The Charlotte Observer. "This does not only impact environment. It affects our residents, our rate payers, our taxpayers, our pocket books, (and) most importantly, our qualities of life." Charlotte is among dozens of jurisdictions across North Carolina that have passed moratoriums.
Separately, Charlotte Douglas International Airport is advancing a "CLT Beyond" improvement plan. Axios Charlotte reported October 7 that the package, under the airport's Airline Use and Lease Agreement with American, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, and United, includes new gates for Concourse C, a passenger tunnel connecting the main terminal to an expanded Concourse C, a renovated international arrivals area, and atrium and international gate expansions in preparation for the Fourth Parallel Runway projected to open in fall 2027, plus infrastructure and electrical upgrades. An airport spokesperson has not disclosed the total cost. The airport will present the plan publicly at the October 12 council meeting, with a council decision at a later session. CLT Beyond follows a 2024 $241 million Concourse A phase II expansion that added 10 gates.
(Compiled from Charlotte Newsroom via The Charlotte Observer, GovTech via TNS, and Axios Charlotte)
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