Marion County commissioners voted on Tuesday to enact a 12-month temporary moratorium on accepting or processing applications for large-scale data centers, carving out exemptions for smaller facilities utilizing under 50 megawatts
The decision was made by the Marion County Board of County Commissioners during a public hearing at the McPherson Governmental Campus Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
The new measure imposes a temporary pause of up to 365 days on all development permits, site plans, rezonings, and conditional use permits related to major commercial data centers, artificial intelligence processing hubs, and cryptocurrency mining operations…