09/03/2026
The future belongs to those that SHOW UP!
Colleton County Council Public Hearing on Monday, September 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Y1pL8iG35g2PDi8b9
We need you to attend the Colleton County Public Hearing and say NO to data centers in the ACE Basin and rural areas!
Colleton County Council recently approved a "Digital Infrastructure Overlay" on first reading without public comment, excluding you from the conversation. This overlay would permit data centers across much of the rural county, including in the ACE Basin. We need you to show up to the Colleton County Council Public Hearing on Monday, September 14 at 5:30 p.m. and tell County Council we do not want data centers in our rural areas or the ACE Basin!
If this zoning overlay passes, data centers could be approved without any notice to the public and no public vote by a board or commission. The overlay could green light the largest data center in South Carolina, a 1-gigawatt facility that would use nearly as much electricity as 1 million homes. The zoning overlay also allows for on-site energy generation, meaning polluting "popup power plants" could be built alongside data centers in vulnerable rural areas.
This is our chance to make our voices heard, as they are meant to be. We need transparency and accountability from our representatives, and we need them to do what’s right by protecting our natural and rural landscapes.
