Zachary Hamilton of rural Marshalltown speaks during the discussion on the data center moratorium at Monday night’s city council meeting. Zachary Hamilton of rural Marshalltown speaks during the discussion on the data center moratorium at Monday night’s city council meeting. Schneider felt that the positive benefits of data center projects for Marshalltown and Marshall County taxpayers had not been sufficiently outlined. This moratorium is not the step that says we don't want data centers or we do want data centers. A special use permit for a data center could not be approved at that meeting while the moratorium is in effect."