Five Nines

Data center moratorium advances amid questions about public notice

Clarendon County Council advanced a six-month moratorium on certain data center developments with a second reading. The moratorium aims to give officials time to establish specific zoning standards for data centers but would not affect the proposed "Project 59" data center already in an industrial zone. Public notice and transparency around the process, particularly regarding Project 59, have raised questions and led to an online petition.