Pasco County Data Centers: Commissioners Push for 12-Month Construction Freeze

Pasco County data centers: Commissioners push for 12-month construction freeze

Pasco County leaders are clamping down on data center development after a surge of community pushback over constant noise, high water usage and severe flooding risks.

Pasco County moves forward with data center moratorium

Pasco County’s Planning Commission has moved forward with a temporary hold on data centers – for now.  The decision came after over three hours of public comment.  The Planning Commission passed a temporary, yearlong moratorium on applications for data center facilities in unincorporated Pasco County. Just last week, the Pasco County city of Zephyrhills moved forward with a similar moratorium.  The proposal moratorium faced plenty of support dur…

County board approves data center moratorium

LE MARS — The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors has approved a one-year revocable moratorium on the construction of data centers and industrial battery storage facilities in Plymouth County.

Pasco County commissioners move forward with 2nd hearing on large-scale data center moratorium

Pasco County commissioners are moving forward with a second hearing on a moratorium targeting large-scale data centers, after dozens of residents packed Tuesday's Board of County Commissioners meeting to voice their support for the pause.Tampa Bay 28 Annette Gutierrez was at last week's Planning Commission meeting, where she heard from many Zephyrhills residents who say they are against data centers, and is now following through on the story.WAT…