Republican Kathleen Taylor calls herself the Data Center Queen.1

Her votes show why.

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The Nevada Independent, September 30, 2026 Data centers, Flock cameras and Reno’s budget take center stage in tense mayoral forum

Kathleen Taylor on pausing new data centers:

“I think it’s lazy, I think it’s bad business.”1

Kathleen Taylor was the only vote against pausing new data centers.

6–1

She cast the lone “no” both times the Reno City Council voted, in May and again on June 1, 2026.23

A data center under construction

She voted to approve 2 data centers.

Webb, January 2025: the Sierra Club appealed its approval. She voted to deny the appeal.4

Oppidan, March 2025: the Planning Commission denied it, citing water use. She voted to overturn the denial.5

Kathleen Taylor at her seat on the Reno City Council dais
Photo: This Is Reno

Kathleen Taylor declared Reno “open for business” for data centers, even as they waste our water and drive up our energy costs.

She said it in January 2025, at the hearing on the Webb data center.4

Kathleen Taylor

She went to the Keystone data center groundbreaking.6

Reno doesn’t need a Data Center Queen as our next Mayor.

Early voting runs through October 30. Election Day is November 3.