- South Carolina counties are implementing moratoriums on data center development due to the lack of statewide regulations, sparking concerns over energy consumption and environmental impacts.
Absent statewide rules, South Carolina counties are hitting pause on the development of data centers to give them time to set their own standards.
Meanwhile, hundreds of residents showed up for a three-hour meeting in downtown Spartanburg Thursday evening with state environmental regulators about a $2.8 billion data center already under development in the Upstate county.
The meeting came four days after the county council took its first, unanimous vote on a one-year moratorium on future data center development…