Hillsborough County commissioners delayed their vote on a one-year moratorium for hyperscale data centers on Tuesday morning.
They want to take up the issue later with two newly elected, incoming board members.
The moratorium would buy the county time to decide on rules and regulations for artificial intelligence facilities.
There are currently no planned data center developments in Hillsborough, nor pending applications.
It was a different story for the city of Auburndale on Tuesday night, where a special workshop was held to learn about a data facility that’s already in the works.
According to the Lakeland Ledger, about 400 people crowded a room with many
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