County Hits Pause On Data Centers For 18 Months

Brought to you by the Rhino Times After punting on a proposed six-month moratorium on data centers last month, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners has come back with a much longer timeout. On Thursday, Nov. 5, the commissioners unanimously adopted an 18-month moratorium following another public hearing on the increasingly controversial facilities. The county’s posted requested action sets the period from November 5, 2026, through May 5, 2028, and covers acceptance and processing of development applications for new data centers and associated data processing uses in unincorporated Guilford County. Chairman Skip Alston told the Rhino Times that a second public hearing was necessary because the proposed duration had changed and the county attorney advised him a new hearing was therefore necessary. Some of the same speakers who addressed the commissioners at the earlier hearing returned Thursday night and raised many of the same objections.

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