Gulf County approves temporary moratorium on data centers to draft policy
Commissioners voted 4–1 to impose a temporary moratorium to give staff time to draft local policy addressing power, water and other impacts of large data centers; some commissioners urged a one‑year limit for study and rulemaking.
The full story
Commissioners debated local steps to address incoming data‑center proposals after several counties nearby limited data‑center size or added restrictions. Commissioner Macron urged a temporary moratorium "until we can craft a policy to to to get to where we wanna go," proposing a one‑year moratorium so staff and the commission can evaluate impacts on water, power and noise.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
or