Lubbock council land-designation change, requested by the local EDA, reignites an 18-month data center moratorium campaign
The Lubbock City Council changed the designation of two tracts requested by the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, roughly eight acres near a rail line in North Lubbock, and a second tract across the rail corridor near Interstate 27.
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