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Southampton County advisory members discuss whether zoning and rules should be updated for data centers
Summary
Committee members weighed whether the county's M1 zoning and comprehensive plan need updates to address data centers — including the existing 30‑acre threshold, infrastructure demands for water and power, and options such as conditional‑use permits or a moratorium — and asked staff to research other localities' approaches.
Members of the Southampton County advisory committee spent a substantial portion of the meeting discussing data centers, battery storage and whether the county's zoning and comprehensive plan should be updated to reflect the modern scale and infrastructure needs of these facilities.
Jay Randolph of the Department of Community Development told the committee that under current rules a data center is permitted by right in an M1 Industrial district if the site is at least 30 acres, but that the county has not adopted specific site standards for data centers. "It's a permitted by right if you…
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