"The Palo City Council voted to approve a data center ordinance at a packed meeting Monday night, despite more than a dozen people urging them to slow down or stop the proposed Google data center project altogether.

All but three speakers told the council to vote against the ordinance because it is tied to a proposed Google data center project that would sit outside the current city limits, but the plan is to annex that property into Palo.

“If you want any public support on this project, a water study is 100 percent necessary,” one speaker said.""