Residents urge Madison County to regulate data centers and consider moratorium amid water concerns
At the June 29 meeting, resident Dana Neans urged the board to adopt local regulations or a moratorium on data centers, citing examples of high water use in neighboring counties and recommending conditional-use permitting and broad definitions to prevent loopholes.
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Dana Neans told the Madison County Board of Commissioners she has researched data-center development and urged the county to be proactive in setting rules, including defining data centers broadly, using conditional-use permits and considering a moratorium while regulations are drafted. Neans cited a large data-center complex in Newton County she said accounts for about 10% of that county’s daily water use and warned that similar development could strain Madison County’s water resources if cooling systems remain water-intensive.
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