riverside committee recommends a pause, gazette reports

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

City of Riverside, California · Event: 2026-09-14 · Checked: 2026-09-15

Reported recommendation — adoption not verified

The Raincross Gazette reports that the Land Use Committee recommended a 90-day data-center moratorium for full City Council consideration. This entry does not establish an enacted ban or a pause already in effect.

The official agenda confirms a September 14 discussion of data-center restrictions. We have not independently verified the committee outcome or the proposed duration against minutes or a recording. Council adoption, an effective date and final ordinance text remain unverified. This concerns the city, not Riverside County.

Next to watch: Check the official committee record and a full City Council agenda for the recommendation. No next decision date has been verified.

The Raincross Gazette — September 14 report — Secondary reporting: committee recommendation and proposed duration
City of Riverside — agenda file 26-2992 — Primary record: agenda subject only; does not confirm the outcome

coachella adopts a citywide data-center ban, effective september 25

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

City of Coachella, California · Event: 2026-08-26 · Checked: 2026-09-23

Adopted — takes effect September 25, 2026

The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1231 on second reading, prohibiting data-center uses citywide. Reporting gives the effective date as 30 days after the August 26 vote, which is September 25. Accessory server rooms, data-processing equipment and information technology facilities are exempt. It follows Urgency Ordinance No. 1229 of June 4, a 45-day moratorium adopted alongside termination of the development agreement with Stronghold Power Systems for the Coachella Valley Technology Campus, proposed on more than 240 acres near Avenue 52 and Fillmore Street.

The adoption comes from a record of the council action, not from the municipal code; AICV News has not read the adopted ordinance text. The chapter number the ordinance becomes is NOT carried: one record gives it as Chapter 17.92, but that record states on its own page that its text is AI generated, and no reported source confirms it. The vote count on August 26 is not established — the unanimous vote on record is the August 12 first reading. The effective date is reported, not confirmed against the code. Whether any data-center application is pending on the effective date is unknown; neither the city nor Stronghold Power Systems has been asked. A $54 million revenue-loss figure attributed to the developer circulates in search results, appears in none of the archived sources, and is not carried here.

Next to watch: Confirm the ordinance text, the chapter number (one AI-generated record gives 17.92; unconfirmed) and the effective date against the Coachella Municipal Code once the new chapter is published, and establish whether any application was pending on September 25. Indio, Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs have each acted or are weighing action and are not yet logged.

Citizen Portal — record of the August 26 adoption (AI-generated aggregator, so labelled on its own page) — Machine-written summary of the council action. Corroborates the second-reading adoption, which KESQ also reports; its uncorroborated chapter number is not carried
KESQ — Coachella City Council passes permanent ban on data centers — Secondary reporting: definition, exemptions, stated reasons, 30-day effective rule
KESQ — first reading passes, second vote set for Aug. 26 — Secondary reporting: unanimous first reading, August 12
KESQ — moratorium approved and developer agreement terminated — Secondary reporting: Ordinance 1229, the June 4 sequence, the terminated agreement

AICV News — Data-center log

riverside committee recommends a pause, gazette reports

coachella adopts a citywide data-center ban, effective september 25