Inside a data center.(<a href="https://unsplash.com/@ismailenesayhan">İsmail Enes Ayhan</a> / Unsplash)Louisville residents interested in learning more about how the city wants to regulate new data centers can attend one of four upcoming meetings, which start next week.City planners ar e hosting a series of meetings across Jefferson County. They’ll explain what requirements and restrictions they want to put on future data center developments — including an outright ban on hyperscale data centers larger than 500,000 square feet — and will allow each attendee up to three minutes to provide feedback. Anyone can attend any of the four meetings, but a person can only speak once.At a press conference earlier this month, activists with the group No Data Center 502 interrupted Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg’s remarks. The group, which has been pushing Greenberg for a meeting, wants to ban all new data centers in Jefferson County, regardless of size.Greenberg responded to the protest by providing information about the upcoming series of meetings, saying many residents have strong opinions on data centers.“That’s why we are having public hearings: so there’s a formal process to listen to everyone in our community,” he said.Louisville Metro officials say they’ve also received more than 3,600 online survey responses about the proposed regulations.The four community meetings are:Monday, July 27, at 5 p.m.JCTC Southwest Campus, Administration Building1000 Community College Drive, Louisville, KY 40272Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 5 p.m.University of Louisville Shelby Campus, Founders Union Ballroom450 N. Whittington Parkway, Louisville, KY 40222Thursday, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m.Virtual meetingMeeting details available on the Office of Plannings’ websiteMonday, Aug. 10, at 5 p.m.Kentucky Center for African American Heritage1701 W. Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Louisville, KY 40203Shortly after the meetings conclude, on Aug. 20, the Louisville Planning Commission is expected to review a final set of proposed regulations and offer changes. The 10-member commission is a volunteer body, mainly made up of local realtors and business leaders, that guides development and makes decisions about zoning regulations.The Planning Commission will send its recommendations to Metro Council, who will have the final authority in approving new regulations on data centers.The final authority in approving new regulations on data centers lies with Louisville Metro Council. ...read more read less