The Hamilton County Commission voted to approve a one-year moratorium to give planners time to draft zoning changes aimed at restricting large data centers in unincorporated parts of the county. County attorney advised a time-limited moratorium is the legally safer path; commissioners plan a mid-term review.

The commission examined Resolution 726-23, a proposed one-year moratorium on new data centers in unincorporated Hamilton County to allow planning staff and utility providers time to study siting and technical impacts; commissioners expressed broad support but debated the appropriate length of the moratorium.