Board asks staff to draft moratorium, study zoning for data centers

Staff and board members discussed whether to pause approvals for data-center projects while the county studies zoning options. A staff member said the county could start with a moratorium and later adopt a zoning ordinance but warned that a comprehensive zoning approach would likely be stronger legally. "So what I'll do is I'll draft the moratorium and I'll put it on the calendar and come over next week to present that to you guys," the staff member said.