County commissioners Monday approved holding a public hearing in October before voting on a moratorium for data centers. The hearing will be held Oct. 5, and the public will have the chance to speak up for or against the proposed 90-day moratorium. County attorney Amanda Prince asked that the commissioners pass the halt to give staff time to research the impacts and needs of data centers. Whiteville recently passed its own moratorium on the tech…
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