{"id":426803,"date":"2026-10-13T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/426803\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:14:10","slug":"martin-county-advances-data-center-moratorium-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/426803\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County advances data center moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Martin County commissioners voted Tuesday unanimously to move forward with a one-year moratorium on data centers as county leaders consider how to handle <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/treasure-coast\/region-martin-county\/martin-county-commissioners-move-toward-pause-on-data-center-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">future development of the facilities.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s vote marked the first of two hearings scheduled this month on the proposed moratorium.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Martin County eyes pause on data center development<\/p>\n<p>Martin County eyes pause on data center development<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners are expected to take up the issue again on Oct. 27, when another vote will be required.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion comes as Martin County has already received an application for a data center. The county received the application Monday, one day before commissioners considered the moratorium.<\/p>\n<p>Because the application was submitted before the proposed moratorium, it would not be affected by the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal comes amid concerns from residents about the future of data center development in Martin County.<\/p>\n<p>WPTV is continuing to hear from residents about those concerns as commissioners consider what restrictions, if any, should be placed on future data center development.<\/p>\n<p>Stay with WPTV.com and WPTV News for updates on this development story.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791915250_223_.jpeg\" alt=\"REP_CARD_CASSANDRA-GARCIA_STUART_FS.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WPTV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Martin County commissioners voted Tuesday unanimously to move forward with a one-year moratorium on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[52520,28,1160,171,173,172,179],"class_list":["post-426803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-data-centers","tag-florida","tag-martin-county","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-treasure-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}