Dodge County approves 18 month moratorium on data centers
The Dodge County Board in Wisconsin has approved an 18-month moratorium on data center approvals. This decision was made to allow the county to assess the potential impacts of large data center developments on the area's future. Construction for a Meta data center is already underway in Beaver Dam.
The Dodge County Board in Wisconsin voted 29-2 to approve an 18-month moratorium on new data center approvals. This decision comes as the county seeks to study the potential effects of these large-scale developments on the area. The moratorium will temporarily halt further data center projects while officials analyze their impact.
Meanwhile, construction for a $1 billion, 520-acre data center for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is already ongoing in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The newly enacted moratorium will affect future applications.