Data Centers: Daily Notes | November 11, 2026

St. Clair Township, Ohio

The Butler County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval Nov. 10 of a St. Clair Township zoning change that would ban data centers, a move that could stop a proposed Amazon Web Services campus.

AWS hopes to build an 18-building, $5 billion data center on 600 acres spanning Madison and St. Clair townships, including about 358 acres in St. Clair. The township zoning commission introduced the ban about a month ago in response to community feedback, and the township adopted a 12-month data center moratorium over the summer. The proposal now returns to the township zoning commission before going to trustees for final approval.

Boise, Idaho

The Boise City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to adopt an emergency six-month moratorium on large data centers, taking effect immediately.

The pause applies to data center projects of 100,000 square feet or more, or that use 20 megawatts of power, and bars the city from accepting or processing applications for them. Mayor Lauren McLean, who proposed the moratorium Friday, said the city has no large data center applications pending and wants to act before one arrives.

During the pause, city officials will review code and policies, study impacts on water, energy, wastewater, noise, and public safety, and gather public feedback. Chief of Staff Hannah Brass Greer said Boise’s current code does not address data centers.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is weighing how to handle future data centers, with city water and sewer officials floating a reuse system that would send partially treated water to data centers instead of drinking water.

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The City of Cincinnati is considering how to regulate data centers. A presentation Tuesday in council gave an overview of how data centers could be installed in the city.

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Representatives from the Metropolitan Sewer District and Greater Cincinnati Water Works said existing rules already govern how companies use water, but a reuse system would require new infrastructure.

Councilman Evan Nolan noted that could be expensive, while sewer district officials pointed to private investment funding similar systems elsewhere. Councilman Mark Jeffreys said the city needs to calculate the costs current data centers impose so any new project can offset them rather than passing them to ratepayers.

Paulding County, Georgia

Paulding County commissioners voted down a proposal that would have restricted public comment at board meetings, after residents fighting proposed data centers packed the chamber in protest.

Paulding County commissioners reject proposal to limit public comments

Paulding County officials voted down a proposal that would have sharply restricted public comment during board meetings.

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The measure would have cut individual speaking time from five minutes to three, capped total public comment at 30 minutes, and limited residents to four appearances a year on non-agenda items.

Commission Chairman Tim Estes said the changes were meant to save taxpayer money and run meetings more efficiently. Data centers have dominated public comment for months, after the commission approved four data center overlay districts without a public hearing before reversing course with a six-month moratorium that runs through January.

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Greeneville, Tennessee

The Greeneville Municipal Planning Commission voted Tuesday to recommend a six-month moratorium on the establishment, construction, expansion, relocation, or operation of new data centers in the town.

The recommendation now goes to the City Council, which meets Nov. 17. During the moratorium, no permits or approvals would be issued for data centers, though existing operations, accessory computer equipment, and telecommunications and broadband facilities would not be affected.

The town’s zoning ordinance doesn’t currently define data centers or set review standards, and the commission plans to use the pause to draft permanent regulations in upcoming workshops.

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth held the first of two required public hearings Tuesday on a proposed 90-day moratorium on new data center development, with the second hearing tentatively set for Jan. 12 and a possible vote in February.

The same day, a city commission led by TCU environmental studies director Michael Slattery presented its final report on how data centers could affect power, water, and nearby neighborhoods.

The commission made 19 recommendations, including requiring non-evaporative, closed-loop cooling, zoning standards to protect residential areas, noise limits tailored to surrounding uses, and a pilot study on low-frequency noise. Dozens of residents spoke, raising concerns about the environment, quality of life, and projects moving forward before rules are in place.

DeKalb County, Georgia

DeKalb County commissioners voted 5-2 on Nov. 10 to withdraw Commissioner Ted Terry’s proposal requiring an independent health and environmental study before the county could lift its data center moratorium, and deferred a separate measure to redefine data centers until Dec. 15.

Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson moved to withdraw the study proposal, arguing the existing moratorium gives the county time to gather more information before deciding what an independent study should examine. Terry and Commissioner Michelle Long Spears voted no.

The deferred proposal from Commissioner LaDena Bolton would classify data centers by factors beyond physical size, including type of operation, tier classification, energy and water use, backup power, and noise. The county remains under a moratorium on applications for new or expanded data centers.

Abbeville County, South Carolina

Abbeville County Council approved third reading of a data center ordinance Monday, meaning no data centers will be approved in the county for the next 12 months.

The ordinance passed without discussion, and County Director Brian Moon said few residents have raised the issue with officials. Moon said the county’s main concerns are making sure data center power use doesn’t raise residents’ rates, along with water use. Chairman Bryan McClain said the county is working with its planning department to set guardrails, with the goal of steering any future data center to industrial parks rather than neighborhoods.

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