CLYDE, N.C. (WLOS) — As Clyde leaders prepare to hold a public hearing on a possible data center moratorium, some residents say they want town officials to move early to protect the small-town character they say makes the Haywood County community special.
The hearing is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at Clyde Town Hall. The regular town board meeting will follow at 5 p.m.
Town leaders have said no developer has approached Clyde about building a data center, but the discussion comes after neighboring Canton drew a large crowd to a public hearing in February over similar concerns. After that meeting, Canton leaders approved a one-year moratorium on data centers, crypto mining facilities and server farms, giving the town time to study possible regulations…