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By midmorning, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors had put a temporary stop to new permits for AI data centers outside city limits. YourCentralValley first reported the pause on Aug. 19. The county says it needs time to write rules that fit local power and water limits, and that is the crux.",[61,270,272],{"id":271},"what-the-supervisors-approved","What the supervisors approved",[66,274,275],{},"The action places a short-term moratorium on processing or approving applications for AI data centers in unincorporated Tulare County. It does not change approvals for other land uses and it does not rewrite city codes in Visalia, Tulare, or Porterville. County Counsel and the Resource Management Agency were directed to return with draft standards and a schedule for public review. No one on the dais promised a permanent ban.",[66,277,278],{},"Supervisors framed the pause as a planning step. Staff will look at megawatt loads, backup generation, noise, and cooling systems, then recommend where, if anywhere, these projects belong.",[61,280,282],{"id":281},"why-the-pause-now","Why the pause now",[66,284,285],{},"The decision follows weeks of questions about a private proposal at the Tulare County Fairgrounds. In July, the fair board tabled a lease idea from Global Stack, a Southern California company marketing an \"emergency‑resilience system\" that residents described as a data center. People worried about water, diesel backup noise, and the power draw. Others said the county should not walk away from jobs.",[66,287,288],{},"ABC30’s reporting on that meeting listed key specs from Global Stack’s pitch, including 2 to 10 megawatts of power per site, a closed‑loop cooling claim, and up to five acres of land. That scale set the tone for what county staff says it must study next: whether the grid can support facilities like that without pushing off other growth, and how to measure any local tax benefit against utility upgrades that may land on ratepayers later.",[61,290,292],{"id":291},"what-it-means-for-projects","What it means for projects",[66,294,295],{},"For now, developers with data center concepts in the county’s unincorporated areas will wait. The moratorium gives staff time to map potential zones, write emissions and noise thresholds, and decide how to treat backup generators and water use in permits. Cities can keep processing their own projects under city code, so anyone eyeing sites in Visalia or Tulare would need to follow those rules, not the county’s.",[66,297,298],{},"Neighbors who spoke at recent meetings asked for a straight answer on who pays for new substations or line upgrades tied to large facilities. That is the open question. The supervisors said they want that spelled out before the county picks a lane.",[66,300,301],{},"A half‑empty Dr Pepper sat near the clerk’s monitor as the crowd thinned.",[66,303,304],{},[305,306,307,308,310,311,316],"em",{},"Central Valley AI is produced by the ",[70,309,239],{}," team and developed by ",[312,313,37],"a",{"href":38,"rel":314},[315],"nofollow",", a regional firm that builds, deploys, and integrates AI solutions for businesses across California's Central Valley.",[318,319],"hr",{},[61,321,323],{"id":322},"source","Source",[66,325,326],{},[312,327,328],{"href":328,"rel":329},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.yourcentralvalley.com\u002Fnews\u002Flocal-news\u002Ftulare-county-ai-data-center-moratorium\u002F",[315],{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":331},[332,333,334,335,336],{"id":248,"depth":11,"text":249},{"id":271,"depth":11,"text":272},{"id":281,"depth":11,"text":282},{"id":291,"depth":11,"text":292},{"id":322,"depth":11,"text":323},"2026-08-19","Supervisors approved a temporary pause on permits for AI data centers in unincorporated areas while staff drafts standards on power, water and siting.",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftulare-county-pauses-new-ai-data-center-permits-while-it-writes-the-rules","---\nauthor: CVAI Newsdesk\ndate: '2026-08-19'\ndateModified: '2026-08-19'\ndescription: Supervisors approved a temporary pause on permits for AI data centers\n  in unincorporated areas while staff drafts standards on power, water and siting.\ntags:\n- policy\n- energy\n- visalia\ntitle: Tulare County pauses new AI data center permits while it writes the rules\n---\n\n# Tulare County pauses new AI data center permits while it writes the rules\n\n## Key Takeaways\n\n1. Tulare County supervisors approved a temporary pause on new AI data center permits in unincorporated areas.\n2. County staff will draft zoning and infrastructure standards addressing power, water, and siting.\n3. The move follows public pushback over a fairgrounds proposal pitched by Global Stack in July.\n4. Existing rules for other commercial projects remain unchanged.\n\nThe vote came quickly, then the dais cleared. By midmorning, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors had put a temporary stop to new permits for AI data centers outside city limits. YourCentralValley first reported the pause on Aug. 19. The county says it needs time to write rules that fit local power and water limits, and that is the crux.\n\n## What the supervisors approved\n\nThe action places a short-term moratorium on processing or approving applications for AI data centers in unincorporated Tulare County. It does not change approvals for other land uses and it does not rewrite city codes in Visalia, Tulare, or Porterville. County Counsel and the Resource Management Agency were directed to return with draft standards and a schedule for public review. No one on the dais promised a permanent ban.\n\nSupervisors framed the pause as a planning step. Staff will look at megawatt loads, backup generation, noise, and cooling systems, then recommend where, if anywhere, these projects belong.\n\n## Why the pause now\n\nThe decision follows weeks of questions about a private proposal at the Tulare County Fairgrounds. In July, the fair board tabled a lease idea from Global Stack, a Southern California company marketing an \"emergency‑resilience system\" that residents described as a data center. People worried about water, diesel backup noise, and the power draw. Others said the county should not walk away from jobs.\n\nABC30’s reporting on that meeting listed key specs from Global Stack’s pitch, including 2 to 10 megawatts of power per site, a closed‑loop cooling claim, and up to five acres of land. That scale set the tone for what county staff says it must study next: whether the grid can support facilities like that without pushing off other growth, and how to measure any local tax benefit against utility upgrades that may land on ratepayers later.\n\n## What it means for projects\n\nFor now, developers with data center concepts in the county’s unincorporated areas will wait. The moratorium gives staff time to map potential zones, write emissions and noise thresholds, and decide how to treat backup generators and water use in permits. Cities can keep processing their own projects under city code, so anyone eyeing sites in Visalia or Tulare would need to follow those rules, not the county’s.\n\nNeighbors who spoke at recent meetings asked for a straight answer on who pays for new substations or line upgrades tied to large facilities. That is the open question. The supervisors said they want that spelled out before the county picks a lane.\n\nA half‑empty Dr Pepper sat near the clerk’s monitor as the crowd thinned.\n\n*Central Valley AI is produced by the **CVAI Newsdesk** team and developed by [Kaweah Tech](https:\u002F\u002Fkaweah.tech), a regional firm that builds, deploys, and integrates AI solutions for businesses across California's Central Valley.*\n\n---\n\n## Source\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.yourcentralvalley.com\u002Fnews\u002Flocal-news\u002Ftulare-county-ai-data-center-moratorium\u002F\n",{"title":237,"description":338},{"loc":340},"news\u002Ftulare-county-pauses-new-ai-data-center-permits-while-it-writes-the-rules",[346,347,233],"policy","energy","tIJKVH17i8kXTLkgiBrKqYmca3EkKBDYEzs5zSHE3Wg",1787141578567]