{"id":13801,"date":"2026-10-02T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/?post_type=referendum&#038;p=13801"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:51:10","slug":"peru-data-center-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/peru-data-center-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru data center moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-900e0254 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lewiston-sun-journal wp-block-embed-lewiston-sun-journal\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8KqelUlKi1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.sunjournal.com\/2026\/09\/22\/peru-to-vote-on-data-center-moratorium-in-november\/\">Peru to vote on data center moratorium in November<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cPeru to vote on data center moratorium in November\u201d \u2014 Lewiston Sun Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.sunjournal.com\/2026\/09\/22\/peru-to-vote-on-data-center-moratorium-in-november\/embed\/#?secret=O1q6ysZUrV#?secret=8KqelUlKi1\" data-secret=\"8KqelUlKi1\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peru voters will decide whether to approve a 180-day moratorium on the development and permitting of data centers, to allow the town time to study the impact on water usage, electrical grid capacity, noise levels, and environmental and government resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"The town would implement a 180-day moratorium on data centers, effective immediately.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"The town would not implement a temporary moratorium on data centers and projects could be proposed.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[1098],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-13801","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-peru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/13801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/13801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=13801"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=13801"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=13801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}