On Monday the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners told the county attorney to draw up a 12-month moratorium that would freeze new data-center applications in the unincorporated county. The move follows a September announcement by Miami energy firm NextNRG about a 1,600-acre lease option near Jacksonville International Airport that flagged 400 acres as a potential hyperscale data-center site. County leaders say the pause will give planners time to study infrastructure needs, land-use compatibility and potential impacts on utility rates before any project advances.
Commissioners Set a Tight Schedule
At the meeting the board directed County Attorney Denise May to prepare an ordinance that would halt the acceptance and processing of new data-center applications for 12 months, a step commissioners framed as precautionary rather than punitive. A draft ordinance is expected to be presented for discussion at the April 27 BOCC meeting, with…..