Attorney: Suwannee County can’t enact data center moratorium

2025 state law limited local restrictions on development.

  • Suwannee County Attorney Adam Morrison said the county could not put a moratorium in place on data centers since it would violate a 2025 state law. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
    Suwannee County Attorney Adam Morrison said the county could not put a moratorium in place on data centers since it would violate a 2025 state law. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

    A week after the City of Live Oak moved forward with trying to place a moratorium on data centers, Suwannee County didn’t follow suit Tuesday.

    Or even consider it after a resident asked them to do just…