Data center developers won’t be able to set up shop in the City of Palmetto after officials voted to exclude the facilities from its zoning code.
The Palmetto City Council unanimously approved the rewrite of the city’s industrial zoning Tuesday. Officials said the effort came up last year amid growing concern of data centers in the area.
Mayor Teresa Thomas-Smith said the decision to completely write them out came down to an overall disinterest in the warehouse-like structures.
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