Energy and climateFinding
South Carolina should pause construction of new large data centers until the state sets approval rules.
Several large data centers are planned in South Carolina, and utilities are adding power plants partly to serve them. A pause would stop new construction until the legislature creates a state review and approval process.
Jermaine Johnson
Rep. J.L. Johnson
I want a statewide moratorium on data centers until we work through this legislation that we're going to be working on in the statehouse.
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