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| Data centers and large loads | 100 |
| Environment and sustainability | 41 |
| Water and sewer | 19 |
| Zoning text amendment | 17 |
| Land conversion and large development | 9 |
| Broadband and technology | 5 |
| Farmland and open space | 4 |
| Health and human services | 4 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 4 |
| Rezoning | 4 |
| Bonds and debt | 3 |
| Budget and appropriations | 3 |
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Draft minutes of the 1 September meeting. That meeting reviewed a proposed rezoning of 17.2 acres on Friendship Road for a Longleaf Industrial warehouse, which staff said did not further the Innovation Village designation, and held the third data center study session with Central Pines Regional Council.
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Includes a schedule for data center rules under the one-year moratorium adopted in April, with a public hearing expected in March 2027, and a fare-free bus pilot update reporting ridership up 52% to 137% over prior years.
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Old Business 1 Update: Data Centers and Judge's RulingAn update on data centers and a judge's ruling, listed with two questions: what the county's response is, and the status of draft data center regulations. The agenda does not name the case.
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The board will receive draft minutes from its Tree Canopy Subcommittee and its Data Center Subcommittee's two September meetings, for information only. Minutes from the board's own August 20 meeting won't be ready until the October 15 meeting.The tree canopy subcommittee minutes were pulled for review after a member read out corrections; the two data center subcommittee minutes passed unanimously. The 20 August regular minutes were alread…Minutes approval Data centers and large loads
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Time reserved for further discussion of the data center text amendments.
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The board continues the line-by-line review of the data center redline from Section D, noise mitigation standards.
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Two presenters: one on pollution across multimedia pathways and the water a data centre requires, and one on energy systems, grid impacts and related sustainability considerations.
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Two presentations: a NC Department of Environmental Quality staff member on regulatory processes, permitting and the agency's current status, and an academic on data center cooling methods, their efficiencies and their environmental impacts.
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Central Pines Council of Governments presents research on data center technology, public engagement practices, and regional impacts as part of the committee's study under the town's 12-month data center moratorium (Ordinance 26-19); staff also shares results from the town's public engagement portal. No action is reque…Presentation Data centers and large loads
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An update on the committee's meeting with Duke Energy about data centers, and what it should do next.
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Speaker : Heather Whelehan, Planning and Community Development Executive Summary: In May 2026, Council directed staff to bring forward a moratorium on the acceptance and processing of development applications for data centers in Cary. Data centers are a rapidly growing land use across the Triangle region and the count…
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Speaker: Rachel Smith, Planning and Development Services Executive Summary: The owner of property located at 4312 Jacobs Creek Lane has petitioned for annexation of the property so the site may connect to Cary utilities in association with a request to rezone (25-REZ-16) for a maximum of 16 detached dwellings. On July…Public hearing AnnexationData centers and large loadsHousing and affordabilityRezoningSubdivision and site plans
Case 25-A-09to R-40W · Approved
Case 25-REZ-16 →Wake County R-40(W) → R12-CU · 16 units · Approved -
Staff briefing on data centre activity in North Carolina and the Triangle, including a table of what neighbouring governments have done. Seven nearby jurisdictions have moratoriums; two are rewriting ordinances; Morrisville has taken no formal action. The draft framework covers definitions, zoning classification, appl…
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Approval of statewide legislative priorities the county will submit to the NC Association of County Commissioners for the 2027 General Assembly session.
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Public hearing on a staff-recommended nine-month moratorium, running through May 2027, on accepting applications for new or expanded data centers, data processing facilities, and cryptocurrency mining operations over 100,000 square feet, to give the county time to write regulations addressing their infrastructure and…
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Four sets of draft minutes at once: two regular meetings, three months of data center subcommittee meetings, and two months of tree canopy subcommittee meetings.
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The chair set out the task: specific ordinance changes that address the concerns raised about data centers, built from public comment and the board's own research, within the commissioners' direction to regulate rather than prohibit.Procedural Data centers and large loads
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Two changes to how data centers are permitted: replacing the special use permit with a conditional use permit, and ending by-right approval where public water and sewer are used.Both sent forward, 7-2, and referred to the county attorney for a second opinion on Senate Bill 382
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A line-by-line review of the redline draft, covering definitions, hazardous materials, generator testing and noise.Reached Section D, noise mitigation standards; continued to 8 September
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Approval of the committee's July 7, 2026 meeting minutes.Minutes approval Data centers and large loads
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Board gives staff guidance on a draft nine-month moratorium on new or expanded data centers, data processing facilities, and cryptocurrency mining operations, ahead of a public hearing tentatively scheduled for August 24, 2026.
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Board reviews initial proposed statewide legislative goals for the 2027 NCACC process and is asked to add items ahead of a final vote at the August 10 meeting, to meet NCACC's August 14 submission deadline.
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The committee's recommendation for an extended moratorium on data centers, submitted to the planning department.Reported as submitted
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Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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Staff set out two timelines, a longer one finishing recommendations for potential approval in January and a shorter one, and reviewed the legal constraints.
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Speakers asked the board to recommend prohibiting data centers outright rather than regulating them.Public hearing Data centers and large loads
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VII.1 Board Discussion: NoiseWhether to write new noise limits for data centers or keep the county's existing ordinance, and how to handle low-frequency sound and infrasound.A motion to leave the dBA standards as written failed 2-7
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Back-up generators, including how many hours a year they run and what tier of diesel engine they use.
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First meeting of a town study on how to handle data center development.Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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The planning board has received the committee's core principles and guidance for regulating data centers. The committee discusses revisiting the by-right permit criteria in the zoning ordinance, and what Nash, Warren and Edgecombe counties require.
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The proposed 28-mile pipeline through the county, which members connect to the data center development planned at Moncure. Affected landowners are seeking legal representation.
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Development Services Director Chris Hills told the board the Town Council had adopted the data center moratorium and outlined a proposed rule letting staff approve some subdivision and site-plan applications administratively once zoning is in place, cutting review time in half.
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Public hearing on extending a data center development moratorium from 60 days to one year under state law, giving the town time to study how to regulate the use.Public hearing Data centers and large loads
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In-depth board discussion of extending the data center development moratorium under N.C. General Statute 160D-107.Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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26-0360 Chatham County Annual HighlightsThe county chair on its new Aaa bond rating, farmland preservation, its data center moratorium, broadband support, a flood incidents dashboard, bilingual outreach and the America 250 programming.Presented. No vote.
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Chatham County Chair Amanda Robertson reviewed the county's new Aaa bond rating, updated farmland preservation efforts, the county's data-center moratorium, broadband support, an information hub and flood-incident dashboard tool, bilingual outreach, and the county's America 250 event planning.Staff or committee report Bonds and debtBroadband and technologyData centers and large loadsFarmland and open space
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Public hearing on whether to impose a moratorium on data center development in Holly Springs.
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The town manager said the June 22 work session would take up end-of-year budget amendments and encumbrances and a public hearing on an extended moratorium on data centers.
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The planning director tells the board the Environmental Advisory Board's Data Center Subcommittee has a new webpage live on the town's site.Staff or committee report Data centers and large loads
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Staff pointed the board at Section 17.9 of the zoning ordinance, written during the fracking moratorium, which lets the county require a special study by a jointly chosen consultant at the applicant's expense before deciding whether a use meets the ordinance's findings. Adding data centers to the uses subject to it wo…
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A preview, ahead of the June 8 regular session vote, of an elevator maintenance and repair contract covering county facilities and parking decks.
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Staff asked the board for guidance on what information it needs to shape future data center policy, noting that as data centers have expanded across the state and country, some jurisdictions have adopted temporary moratoria on new large-scale facilities over concerns about rising utility costs and environmental effect…Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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Four members formed a subcommittee to draft criteria and best practice for a county data center ordinance and to work with planning staff after the planning board's June 2 meeting.
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Mayor Pro Tem Bush proposed directing staff to begin the process for a temporary, time-limited moratorium on new large data centers, including AI data centers, to study effects on land use, roads, water and the Jordan Lake watershed before any project is reviewed.
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A public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would temporarily halt new development approvals for data centers as a land use in Hillsborough for 60 days.Public hearing Data centers and large loads
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In-depth discussion of the proposed 60-day moratorium ordinance covering data centers, cryptocurrency mining, and related processing facilities, following the earlier public hearing on the same item.Ordinance Data centers and large loads
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A discussion of a SecureNC partnership with the state Department of Information Technology, presented alongside the town's data center moratorium discussion.
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The council adopted a temporary moratorium on data centers, data processing facilities, cryptocurrency mining, and similar undefined land uses, giving staff time to study their impact and draft permanent amendments to the town's Unified Development Ordinance.Ordinance Data centers and large loads
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Michael Smith, president of the Economic Development Corporation, on what data centers would mean for the county's tax base.
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County staff on data centers, the uses that come with them, and their impacts.
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Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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A proposed cybersecurity information-sharing partnership between the town and the North Carolina Department of Information Technology.
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An early board discussion of data centers as a land use issue -- the discussion that preceded a proposed 60-day development moratorium on data centers taken up at the board's May 27 meeting.Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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Creates heavy industrial zoning districts, which Apex does not currently have. Only a limited set of uses would initially be permitted; anything further needs its own ordinance amendment and council approval. Staff said distance and screening standards for a use such as a data centre would be set when that use is adde…Recommended 8-1
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Returned by the town council for reconsideration. The board again recommended denial, citing the time and complexity the change would add to the process. Members argued it adds a layer of approval without clear guidelines; the mayor pro tempore said the board's recommendations are non-binding either way and that what…Denial recommended 8-1
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A hearing on a proposed 24-month, citywide moratorium on new development approvals for data centers, cryptocurrency-mining operations and related high-impact processing facilities.
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The State Energy Conference in late April, and the planning board's 12 May special meeting on data centers.Procedural Data centers and large loads
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Two members reported from the planning board meeting where staff presented on data centers: energy use, water use, environmental effects and regulatory problems. The planning board asked this committee for the principles behind its recommendation to the commissioners.
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Research assignments before the planning board's May 12 meeting: power sourcing including air emissions and emergency generators, and tax treatment including equipment assessment and state legislation. Members questioned whether the development ordinance addresses data center water and energy use at all, and noted Cha…
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Five speakers, all supporting the data centre moratorium.
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A one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers as a land use, covering artificial intelligence data centers, cryptocurrency mining facilities, data centers, data processing facilities and similar uses. The board directed the study on March 5, received it March 17, and voted then to advertise this hearing and to hav…Adopted unanimously
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A one-year moratorium on large-scale data centres as a land use, explicitly covering artificial intelligence data centres, cryptocurrency mining facilities, data processing facilities and similar uses. Directed on 5 March, presented on 17 March, and heard here, with staff simultaneously drafting ordinance amendments t…Approved unanimously
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Chairman, Corey Forrest.
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The chair sets out what the board has to settle before the moratorium ends: water use, energy costs on households, and noise.Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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Several months of staff research on data centers, drawn from other county departments and community stakeholders.
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Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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Public hearing on a proposed 12-month moratorium halting acceptance, processing, and approval of new development applications for data centers, cryptocurrency mining, and related data-processing uses.
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Written staff reports in the packet, including a Utilities Department status update noting that during a public plant tour, citizens asked staff about PFAS, data centers, and fluoride in the water supply.
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A joint working group on data center impacts with the environmental review committee and the planning board, with one member representing this committee.Approved unanimously
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Six residents spoke, on data centers and air quality, tree loss, traffic study methodology, and the town's license plate camera contract.
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Staff update the committee on data center development activity in the county.Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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The Town of Siler City presents its 2026 legislative priorities.
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A staff presentation on the potential impacts of large-scale data center development in Orange County, ordered by the board on March 5. The board voted unanimously to advertise a public hearing on declaring a one-year moratorium covering artificial intelligence data centers, cryptocurrency mining facilities, data cent…Hearing advertised and staff directed to draft amendments, both unanimous. The moratorium was adopted April 21.
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Mayor Pro Tem Terry Mahaffey proposes a one-year moratorium on new data center construction in Apex.Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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Mayor Gilbert proposes forming a non-standing committee to research impacts and recommend policy and transparency measures; listed immediately after the data center moratorium item.Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, the 16 March public hearing items, School of Government training for planning board members, and an update on the data center moratorium.
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Staff or committee report Data centers and large loads
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Speaker: Mark Lawson, Cary Chamber of Commer ce President
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A resident asked the board to strengthen wastewater standards for private package treatment plants in unincorporated subdivisions, building on the county's data center moratorium approved February 11.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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Public hearings segment.Public hearing Data centers and large loads
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Legislative public hearing and vote on a 12-month moratorium on permitting data centers, data processing facilities, and cryptocurrency mining operations in unincorporated Chatham County, under N.C.G.S. Section 160D-107. The ordinance instituting the moratorium was adopted.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Katie Kenlan, that the Ordinance Instituting a Temporary Moratorium on the Permitting of Data Centers…Public hearing Data centers and large loads
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Adopts the Wake One Water Plan as the county's 50-year water resource plan, covering water supply, wastewater and stormwater planning countywide.accepted · Pass · Commissioner Thomas moved, seconded by Commissioner Stallings, that the Board of Commissioners approve Wake County's Wake One Water Plan as the County's 50-year water resource plan.…
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Staff continue a discussion begun January 22 on data centers, covering public health and safety impacts and how Apex's approach compares to other municipalities.
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The moratorium, and a proposed gas drilling site and data center near the county line: what regulations apply, what the effects might be, and what controls the county has.
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Planning staff will walk the Council and Planning Board through background research on data centers, including facility types, potential impacts (energy and water use, noise, traffic, land use, economic effects, public health and safety), possible mitigation measures, and how other municipalities have addressed the is…
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received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filedProcedural Data centers and large loads
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Board votes to hold a February 11, 2026 public hearing to begin considering a moratorium on new data centers and crypto-mining facilities in the county.approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Karen Howard, seconded by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, to hold a special meeting at 4:00 p.m. on February 11, 2026 in the Historic Courthouse…Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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A presentation from UNC's sustainability lead followed by council discussion of AI's effects on climate and on these communities. Figures presented: data centers use about 26 percent of Virginia's electricity and 2 percent of North Carolina's; the average data center land transaction in 2024 was 224 acres, up 144 perc…
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Six residents speak on topics including a proposed data center in Apex, SNAP cuts, the Athens Drive library replacement, and the county's hospitality tax.Procedural Data centers and large loads
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Commissioner Thomas asks the board to review notes from the Growth and Sustainability Economic Development committee's discussion of data centers; Commissioner Jackson highlights public comment on the county's parks and recreation comprehensive plan, open through mid-November.Staff or committee report Comprehensive planData centers and large loadsEnvironment and sustainabilityParks and recreation
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The committee discusses data center development in the county.Discussion item Data centers and large loads
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Wake County staff presented the Wake One Water Plan. Council members asked about serving high-volume water users, planning for a growing population, and how AI data centers affect water demand and cost.
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