A joint Resolution

 

TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES OF THIS STATE, COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM ACCEPTING OR TAKING ANY ACTION ON PERMITS OR APPLICATIONS FOR DATA CENTERS UNTIL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES A COMPREHENSIVE OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR NEW DATA CENTERS IN THIS STATE, AND TO DEFINE "DATA CENTER."

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

 

SECTION 1.  As of the effective date of this joint resolution, no governmental entity of this State, county, municipality, or a political subdivision thereof, shall accept any application or permit for a data center, nor take action on any permit or application for a data center which has not received final approval, until the General Assembly establishes a comprehensive oversight and approval process for new data centers in this State. For purposes of this section, "data center" means a facility, campus of facilities, or array of interconnected facilities in this State used by an entity or other business enterprise to operate, manage, or maintain a computer, group of computers, or other organized assembly of hardware and software for the primary purpose of storing, retrieving, or transmitting data and that has a peak demand of five megawatts or greater.

 

SECTION 2.  This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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