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Residents question data-center ordinance’s size and environmental limits during Colleton County hearing

5900657 · October 7, 2025
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Summary

At the second reading of Ordinance 25-0-10, a resident warned that the proposed changes to allow national data centers lack a maximum size limit and could have environmental and water-use impacts; the council held the reading and did not record a final vote.

Council members heard public comment Oct. 6 on Ordinance 25-0-10, a second-reading amendment to Title 14 (Land Management) that would add a national data center use to the county’s zoning code.

Kathy Sturgis, who identified herself as a resident of Longleaf, raised environmental and community concerns, saying the draft ordinance contains setback, height and buffer rules but lacks a square-footage or maximum-size limit for data…

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