Residents urge yearlong data‑center moratorium as county pulls item from consent agenda
Public commenters pushed Rutherford County to adopt at least a 12‑month moratorium on data centers and proposed a 2‑megawatt threshold; commissioners removed the data‑center moratorium from the consent agenda to allow more time for legal drafting and review.
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Several residents urged the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners to adopt a moratorium on construction of large data centers, saying the county needs more time to study energy, noise and land‑use impacts.
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