County leader hosts town hall on data center moratorium for unincorporated Shelby Co.

PRIOR COVERAGE — First the city, now the county debates a data center temporary moratorium

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Conversations around data center development in unincorporated Shelby County remain in the spotlight.

Shelby County Commissioner Amber Huett-Garcia hosted a town hall Monday night as the commission considers a moratorium that would temporarily prevent data centers from being built in unincorporated parts of the county.

People in attendance shared the need for guardrails and preemptive action from their elected leaders.

“You let folks come in, do what they want to do,” one resident said. “They come in, and then we say, ‘Aww... they doing this,’ then you come up with something after the fact; [but] the harm has been done.”

The ordinance still has to undergo two more readings before it passes.

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