AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoData Center Rules: South Carolina lawmakers are drafting statewide safeguards for data centers, including water-use and power requirements, noise limits and public hearings. A separate Senate proposal would favor water-recycling cooling systems and give local governments a role in siting decisions. Public Lands: Pocotaligo Station State Forest opened across Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties, becoming South Carolina’s seventh publicly owned forest and the second new state forest this year. Conservation: Gov. Henry McMaster created a commission to coordinate land and natural-resource protection with local agencies, landowners and community groups. The state says about 3.4 million acres are already preserved. Charleston Flooding: County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to extend a half-cent sales tax that could direct about $225 million to the Battery Extension flood-mitigation project. Local leaders say the tax is central to funding the major coastal-defense effort.
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