($100 Bills - KIWA Staff Photo)Iowa (RI) — A spokesperson for the Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club says data center developers are moving quickly to secure local deals in Iowa before additional regulations are adopted at the state or federal level.
Jess Mazour, conservation program coordinator for the Iowa Sierra Club, made the comments during a panel discussion hosted by the Iowa Farmers Union.
Mazour said Iowa already has more than 100 operating data centers and is seeing increasing interest from developers.
The Sierra Club and Iowa Farmers Union have called for stricter local regulations governing data center development and have urged lawmakers to reconsider state tax incentives for the industry.
The Iowa Farmers Union has also raised concerns about large-scale data center projects being built on productive Iowa farmland.
