For 12 months from the ordinance’s effective date, no county application, permit, license, approval, authorization, or other county action may be accepted, processed, reviewed, approved, or granted for establishing, constructing, expanding, or developing a data center in Calloway County’s unincorporated areas. The moratorium may end earlier if the Fiscal Court acts to terminate it.

Under the draft provision allowing exceptions, a proposed data center must submit a written petition with detailed plans and supporting information addressing site development, utilities, traffic, drainage, environmental impacts, emergency services, noise, construction and operating timelines, and mitigation measures. The Fiscal Court has discretion to grant, conditionally grant, or deny the exception.

An exception may be conditioned on a performance bond, letter of credit, escrowed funds, or other financial security, and the exception does not become effective until all conditions and required security have been provided.

Existing data centers may continue operating as previously authorized, but during the moratorium they may not construct new buildings or structures, increase building floor area, expand onto additional property, increase approved electrical service capacity, or otherwise materially expand their physical footprint.

Existing data centers may install, replace, upgrade, or reconfigure equipment inside existing buildings only if the activity does not increase approved electrical service capacity or otherwise create a prohibited physical expansion.

Routine maintenance, inspections, testing, repairs, equipment replacement, emergency repairs, and similar activities at existing data centers are allowed only if they do not constitute a prohibited physical expansion.

An entity may petition the Fiscal Court for an exception allowing it to establish, construct, or operate a data center during the moratorium. The Fiscal Court may grant or conditionally grant the exception after reviewing detailed plans and supporting information, and may require financial security such as a bond, letter of credit, or escrowed funds.

A data center that was lawfully established and operating before the ordinance took effect may continue operating as previously authorized.

The ordinance does not impair or revoke permits, approvals, or vested development rights that existed before the ordinance took effect.

Existing data centers may perform routine maintenance, inspections, testing, repairs, equipment replacement, emergency repairs, and other activities needed for safe and efficient operation, provided those activities do not create a prohibited physical expansion.

Existing data centers may install, replace, upgrade, or reconfigure servers, computers, networking equipment, and other data-processing equipment inside existing buildings, as long as the work does not increase approved electrical service capacity or create a prohibited physical expansion.

Facilities whose primary purpose is supporting a governmental entity, financial institution, office building, retailer, educational institution, hospital, utility, manufacturer, or other commercial enterprise are excluded from the data-center definition, as are accessory or incidental server rooms and data infrastructure. Those facilities are therefore outside the moratorium's data-center restrictions.