Large-load development district program (Ordinance 5985)
At a glance
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- What: an ordinance on third and final reading, held from October 6, to replace a blanket data center moratorium with tiered review, a water assurance standard and strategic development agreements, and to create a Memphis digital infrastructure development district.
- Where it stands: held again on 10/20/2026 by its sponsor, Spinosa, until the next meeting (November 10), without objection.
- Next: the sponsor wants to combine it with Warren's community benefit proposal (Data center community benefit agency ordinance).
Council action
- Item 17. Spinosa said that, as discussed in committee, Warren had brought up a community benefit approach and he would hold this ordinance, only this one of several data center ordinances, in hopes of joining the two. Held without objection.
Sources
- 2026-10-20 - Memphis City Council (council meeting video, 10/20/2026)
- https://memphistn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Regular-Agenda-10.20.26.pdf
Discussion time
About 2 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 - Memphis City Council | 2 |
Log
- 2026-10-20 - Memphis City Council — Held to the next meeting by the sponsor, without objection.
- 2026-10-22 - Page created from a posted agenda; no meeting transcript processed yet.
- 2026-11-07 - 2026-11-10 - City Council Full Meeting - Third reading on the agenda.