Mississauga city council has approved a motion to put a one-year pause on the development of data centres while it conducts a comprehensive review of the emerging but controversial sector. It would also look into how a data centre would impact infrastructure, economic activity, the environment, noise levels, and energy and water consumption. ‘Let’s do our homework first’: CouncillorMississauga Councillor Martin Reid introduced the motion at council on Wednesday. CityNews met with Reid days earlier at the site of what he said would be the first massive, hyperscale data centre in the community. But just hundreds of metres away, there’s a large shopping centre along with current and proposed housing subdivisions.