After extensive public comment, the commission approved a time‑limited pause (to be implemented as a 90‑day pause from the second reading) on new large‑scale, third‑party data centers in unincorporated Lake County while staff studies water, power, noise and other impacts and prepares zoning/conditional‑use options.

The Lake County Planning & Zoning Board voted Aug. 5 to recommend a temporary 12-month moratorium on data center permit approvals in unincorporated Lake County to allow study of water, infrastructure and land-use impacts; the recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners.

At a Lake County commissioners workshop, municipal leaders and commissioners urged pausing approval of a proposed Perry Village data center, citing potential grid strain, large water draws, 'forever chemical' discharges, noise and a generous 75% tax abatement that they say undercuts local revenue.