Southport aldermen to consider data center freeze at Thursday meeting
News ClipWECT | TV6·Southport, Brunswick County, NC·8/10/2026
Southport leaders are set to discuss a proposed 15-month data center moratorium at an upcoming Board of Aldermen meeting. The city's Planning Board unanimously recommended the moratorium to pause data center approvals. No data center projects are currently proposed or planned in the area.
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The Southport, North Carolina Board of Aldermen is slated to discuss a proposed 15-month moratorium on data center approvals during its upcoming meeting. This follows a unanimous recommendation from the Southport Planning Board in July. The proposed freeze would temporarily halt new data center developments within the city. Currently, there are no specific data center projects planned or proposed in the Southport area.