After months of turmoil, Pulaski County Quorum Court passes sweeping data center rules

After nearly five months of false starts, bitter debate and packed hours-long meetings of anti-data center advocates holding signs and speaking out, the Pulaski County Quorum Court on Tuesday night, September 22, passed an ordinance to regulate large data centers in the unincorporated parts of the county. The new rules, which Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde has seven days to sign or veto before they can take immediate effect under an added emergency provision, aim to regulate data centers l