Orange County could put the brakes on big data centers in April, even though there are no proposals yet and very few places with the water and electricity to power them.
The Orange County commissioners voted Tuesday to hold an April 21 public hearing before considering a one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers, including artificial intelligence data centers, cryptocurrency mining facilities, and data processing facilities.
The board also asked staff to begin revising the county’s land use plan and Unified Development Ordinance rules during the moratorium…