Perris residents seeking ban of data center construction in city limits
In Perris, Riverside County (CA), Perris City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
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Perris residents seeking ban of data center construction in city limits
Perris City Council · June 15, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:19 Perris City Council Applicant and Economic Development Presentation Developer Representative In support auto captions, uncheckedWater Power & Grid Zoning Tax Abatements
Substantive hearing record before Perris City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
">> Franko Pacheco is a lifelong Paris resident. His organization, the Inland Valley Alliance for Environmental Justice, is fighting against what they call an over industrialization of the Inland Empire. >> The negative impacts of of warehousing in our region has really taken a toll on uh Paris residents. It used to take me 15 minutes to get from Paris to Riverside. And now the 215 is just a long line of truck traffic."
- Clip 2 · 0:49 Perris City Council Official Deliberation Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedWater Power & Grid Zoning Tax Abatements
Substantive hearing record before Perris City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"issue on whether to prohibit or put limits on the building of data centers within the city. >> The amount of pollution and negative impacts that they bring and the cost of electricity, which we've been seeing that is like skyrocketing people's bills, um water pollution into like the natural wells and stuff. Um this it could be a very good step into protecting residents. >> Data centers power anything from social"
- Clip 3 · 1:17 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Substantive hearing record before Perris City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"more than a million dollars in property tax revenue and more high paying jobs. But the report also says a center could need millions of gallons of water daily to cool, continuously emits white noise, and would demand a surge of electricity. >> Residents in Paris and cities like this, we always get the short end of the stick because we give up way more than what we receive back from these projects. >> Cities up and down Southern California"
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