Hancock County rejects proposed six-month data center zoning application ban

The Hancock County Board of Supervisors decided not to enact a six-month ban on zoning change requests tied to potential data center projects. Supervisor Sis Greiman had made a motion regarding the proposed pause, but the measure did not advance.

The decision followed a public zoning hearing where rural Garner resident Pat Hall spoke against the possibility of a data center coming to Hancock County. No specific data center company or project was identified in the report.