MORNING HEADLINES | Mount Pleasant town council today is expected to discuss the first reading of an ordinance that would establish a temporary moratorium on requests related to data centers.
According to the proposal, data centers can generate significant noise and place heavy demands on resources such as water and electricity.
If approved, the measure would impose a 120-day moratorium on data center-related requests, giving time to town leaders and staff to gather information about potential environmental impacts and determine what restrictions, if any, should be put in place while ensuring smaller business-related data facilities are not unintentionally affected.
Currently, the town does not have zoning regulations that prohibit data centers, but existing guidelines could allow certain facilities in light industrial and economic development districts without additional public input or the council’s
“Large-scale, what they call hyperscale data centers, are not going to be coming to Mount Pleasant, and this moratorium will make sure that doesn’t happen,” Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie said during a previous council discussion.
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