Company officials noted that paperwork for the project was submitted prior to a data center moratorium enacted by the council. The Annexation of this data center would go against that agreement and may be why it wasnt signed. Company officials said the proposed data center would use a closed-loop cooling system designed to minimize water consumption and would not require frequent refilling. EdgeConneX confirmed the project would be a hyperscale data center, a large-scale facility designed for high-density computing and artificial intelligence workloads. Final vote on the Annexation will be on February 2 at 6:30 pm, but regardless of the vote, the data center can move forward with the 200-acre lot.