Vote & Contract
Bridgewater, MA — Town Council 2026-09-15
Bridgewater Town Council voted 9-0 to advance Ordinance D-FY26-016, a zoning amendment addressing high-intensity data centers, following a joint public hearing on 8/5/26.
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Votes & Contracts — The Docket
1,881 records and counting — 62 still ahead across 48 states. Rezoning and power-contract votes surface here before they happen; hearings and town halls while there’s still time to show up. Nothing is ever deleted — what passes into the past stays on the record, so you can trace what was proposed, who showed up, and what it led to.
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Vote & Contract
Town of Salisbury — Board of Selectmen Sep 14, 2026
Agenda includes a vote to refer to the Planning Board a zoning amendment establishing a moratorium on large-scale data centers.
Vote & Contract
Town of Chelmsford, MA — Town Meeting on Data Center Zoning Bylaw Amendments
Official Town Meeting agenda includes zoning bylaw amendments adding a definition and use regulations for "Data Center" and rezoning parcels near 210 Boston Road.
Past Vote & Contract
City of Salem, MA — meeting Sep 9, 2026
Agenda amends Section 10.0 Definitions to insert a new definition for "Data Center" as a facility primarily designed or used to house computer servers and related IT infrastructure.
Past Vote & Contract
City of Lowell, Massachusetts — meeting Sep 8, 2026
Agenda item directs a department to develop an RFP for a community impact study examining environmental, public health, utility/energy, and fire safety impacts of data centers, funded privately.
Past Vote & Contract
Town of Plymouth — Advisory & Finance Committee Sep 2, 2026
Official agenda includes Article 16 — Zoning Bylaw — Data Centers Zoning.
Past Vote & Contract
Town of Braintree MA — meeting Sep 2, 2026
Agenda includes a proposed zoning ordinance amendment for a temporary moratorium on data centers.
Past Vote & Contract
Town of Chelmsford, MA — meeting Aug 26, 2026
Agenda item on zoning amendments adding definitions and use classifications for Data Centers and amending dimensional requirements in IA and IS districts.
Past Vote & Contract
City of Lowell, Massachusetts — meeting Aug 25, 2026
Lowell City Council agenda includes Motion Response - Data Centers item with supporting documents for the Aug 25, 2026 meeting.
Past Vote & Contract
Town of Chelmsford, MA — meeting Aug 24, 2026
Agenda includes Zoning Bylaw Amendment adding new definition and use regulations for "Data Center".
Past Vote & Contract
Chicopee — meeting Aug 4, 2026
Proposed zoning amendment to add a definition and regulations for data centers in industrial districts.
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