The town of Hillsborough added its voice to a growing trend this week, as the town board voted unanimously to impose a 60-day moratorium on the approval of any new AI data centers or data mining facilities in town limits.
“I think this moratorium is a great idea for Hillsborough, to learn more about them and make sure thoughtful in where we place them and what language to use around them,” said town commissioner Meaghun Darab at Wednesday’s meeting.
Town commissioners generally agreed that they were not necessarily opposed to data centers outright – but Hillsborough’s unified development ordinance (UDO) contains no language governing that particular use of land, so the moratorium is meant to give town staff a chance to study the issue and develop new governance language…