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As Fayetteville Continues to Address Data Center Growth Questions, Pennington’s Experienced Legal Guidance Helps Strengthen Ordinance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Blake Pennington blake@blakeforfayetteville.com FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (August 11, 2026) — As communities across Arkansas and the nation consider how to regulate data centers, the Fayettevi lle City Council is preparing to review changes to the city’s ordinance addressing the facilities. The current provision restricting data centers to general industrial zones and requiring conditional use permits, 1,000-foot residential buffers, and detailed utili

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