Pinellas commissioners weigh resolution over moratorium on data centers amid SB 180 concerns
Commissioners discussed whether to pursue a moratorium or a resolution to address residents' concerns about large data centers. County attorneys and planning staff warned a moratorium could be legally risky under SB 180 and recommended a resolution stating the board's intent because current code already prohibits primary-use data centers in unincorporated Pinellas.
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Concerned residents and commissioners raised worries about large data centers and the potential for new, industrial-scale facilities in unincorporated Pinellas County. At the Aug. 25 meeting, planning staff and the county attorney advised commissioners that under SB 180 a local moratorium may be legally risky and that the county’s existing land-development code does not allow primary-use data centers.
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