Data Centers in Orange County

[Trisha Lester]

Dear County Commissioners,

I am writing in advance of the meeting of Orange County Commissioners on Tuesday, April 21 to urge you to implement a moratorium (minimum of a year) on data centers in our county so that the issue can be studied and Commissioners can gather input from residents about why we don't want them. 

The people know the many reasons why our community is not in favor of them anywhere in Orange County, and we need to resist and oppose them with every fiber of our being. 

Thank you,

Patricia Lester

Chapel Hill, NC 

[Jean Hamilton]

Dear Trisha Lester,

 

On behalf of the Orange County Board of Commissioners thank you for sharing your viewpoints on data centers.  We will have a public hearing on a one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers at our April 21, 2026 business meeting at Southern Human Services.

 

Sincerely,

Jean

 

Jean Hamilton, Chair

Orange County Board of Commissioners

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