Shelbyville City Council voted unanimously August 20 to approve a temporary moratorium on applications for data centers and similar large information-technology facilities within the city's jurisdiction.
The ordinance covers accepting, processing, reviewing and approving applications, according to the council minutes. That makes it a pause in the application process. The minutes do not supply the pause's expiration date or exceptions.
September 3 follow-up: Council members continued discussing possible rules, including building size and electrical demand. Sally Zaring discussed a 20-megawatt limit, while other members referred to Simpsonville's approach. The minutes record a discussion, without a vote adopting that limit.
Mayor H. Troy Ethington said Planning and Zoning would hold a public hearing on the subject. The record cited here doesn't set a hearing date.
Simpsonville had approved its own moratorium resolution August 18. The two cities' actions apply through their separate governments; neither should be described as a blanket Shelby County ban.
For anyone evaluating a project now, the enacted ordinance and any later amendments are the documents that determine the rules. The August vote and September discussion establish the history, rather than the present status of every application.