“Voted Aye on El Paso's standing policy that hyperscale data centers will not be recruited or given tax abatements, rebates, fee waivers or public financing”

El Paso's City Council voted 8-0 to adopt a standing policy that hyperscale data centers will not be actively recruited, pursued or incentivized because they are misaligned with the city's long-term sustainability and infrastructure resilience goals, and that they shall not be considered for tax abatements, rebates, permit fee waivers, public financing assistance, economic development grants or similar economic development tools until and unless the council reverses the policy. Representative Renard U. Johnson was absent. Outcome: Adopted 8-0 (1 absent) Recorded vote: Aye. Body: El Paso City Council. Measure: 26-0656.