PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. — A proposed ordinance creating new regulations for large-scale data centers and other high-intensity digital infrastructure in unincorporated Pulaski County advanced Tuesday night, drawing a large crowd and strong reaction from people attending the meeting.
The ordinance passed its agenda-setting vote and will now move to the Pulaski County Quorum Court’s regular meeting scheduled for Aug. 25.
The measure, sponsored by Justices Julie Blackwood, Capps, Davis and Massey, would establish a new permitting and regulatory framework for what the county calls “High-Intensity Digital Infrastructure Uses,” or HIDIUs…