The Matanuska Borough Assembly is scheduled to consider a resolution directing the borough manager to prepare an ordinance imposing a six-month moratorium on data centers exceeding 20 megawatts, according to the published agenda for the Assembly Regular Meeting set for Oct. 20, 2026.
According to the agenda extract, the proposed measure would pause large-scale data center development “until the state or local governments have reviewed and considered the potential need for regulations governing data centers.” The agenda does not list a sponsor name in the published extract beyond the word “Sponsor” appearing at the end of the item text.
The item matters to residents because it concerns whether large energy-intensive data center facilities can be built in the borough while regulatory standards are developed, according to the agenda language. The agenda identifies the threshold for the proposed moratorium as data centers exceeding 20 megawatts of capacity.
- Meeting: Assembly Regular Meeting, Matanuska Borough
- Date: Oct. 20, 2026
- Agenda item: Resolution directing the manager to prepare an ordinance imposing a 6-month moratorium on data centers exceeding 20 megawatts
- Stated purpose, per agenda: Allow state or local governments time to review potential need for data center regulations
- Type: Council vote, per the official meeting record
Under the published agenda, the Assembly is scheduled to take up this item during the Oct. 20 regular meeting. The agenda indicates the measure would direct the manager to prepare a formal ordinance rather than enact a moratorium directly at this meeting; further Assembly action on any resulting ordinance would follow in a subsequent process, per the agenda record.
Residents seeking to engage with this item can attend the Oct. 20, 2026 Assembly Regular Meeting or review the full agenda and related materials through the Matanuska Legistar meeting portal linked in the official record.
Official source: the published record