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Residents and council clash over proposed data center site near ACE Basin; council points to zoning process
Summary
Public commenters warned that a proposed data center on Cooks Hill Road would harm the ACE Basin watershed; council members said the county did not rezone the land and that data centers require a special-exception review by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
A wave of public comment at Colleton County Council’s Feb. 9 meeting highlighted local opposition to a proposed data-center campus near the ACE Basin watershed and prompted a lengthy council explanation of land-use process and limits of the council’s role.
Several residents urged the council to oppose the campus on environmental grounds and asked who would be responsible for restoring wetlands, oysters and other habitat if construction proceeds. Glenn Strickland read a resolution from the county’s legislative delegation urging the council to oppose the project, saying the ACE Basin is a longtime protected coastal ecosystem and that the proposed site, on…
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