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Cliff · Data center policy snapshot · May 9

The ground under data center siting is shifting state-by-state

10restrictive

4permissive

2in-flight

ME16

WA1

MN8

WI9

OH10

UT3

CO2

VA15

AZ4

KS5

NC13,14

GA11

TX6,7

FL12

Restrictive (moratorium / ballot ban / cost-of-service)

Permissive (project / framework approved)

In-flight (RTO or regulator decision pending)

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Seattle · May 1
Mayor Wilson plans 365-day moratorium on facilities ≥10 MW
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Colorado · May 7
House committee kills HB 1030 DC tax-incentive package 11-2 — first 2026 state defeat
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Box Elder County · May 4
9 GW Stratos campus approved unanimously — 40k acres, off-grid gas
4
Maricopa County · May 6
Project Baccara approved 4-1 — $36B / 700 MW gas DC near Luke AFB
5
Sedgwick County · May 6
90-day moratorium extended to Sep 11
6
ERCOT · May 19
TAC vote on PCLR Batch Zero (NPRR1325 + PGRR145) — effective Jul 10
7
El Paso · May 6
Meta closes ~$13B financing for 1 GW Sopaipilla campus — BTM gas
8
Hermantown · May 4
Council tables vote on Google $2B project + $80M / 28-yr abatement
9
Oneida County · May 8
Zoning advances proactive 1-yr moratorium — no proposal pending
10
Ohio · Jul 1
Constitutional ballot to ban DCs >25 MW — 413,488 signatures due
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Bulloch County · May 6
Moratorium extended through December
12
Florida · May 7
DeSantis signs SB 484 — PSC must develop DC tariffs, effective Jul 1
13
Durham · May 4
60-day moratorium passed — 24-month follow-on intended
14
Northampton County · May 4
32-month moratorium passed unanimously
15
Virginia DEQ · May 7
APG-576 locks Tier 4 BACT as presumptive for emergency + non-emergency gen-sets
16
Maine · Apr 29
Gov. Mills veto of LD 307 sustained; advisory council established instead

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Sat, July 4, 2026

Monterey Park CA Measure NDC Jun 2 special election / 86-14 permanent ban / first US voter-enacted municipal ban / cannot be reversed by council only ballot / General Plan amendment / HMC StratCap Australia withdrew 247k sqft 50 MW Saturn Business Park proposal / pledged no lawsuit / <500ft from residential / template for CA OR WA CO AZ NV initiative-state cities / 4th failure mode ballot-initiative risk

Plain-English background on why ballot-initiative bans are structurally different from council-enacted moratoriums. A city council ordinance can be reversed by a subsequent city council vote (typically 3 of 5 or 4 of 7 depending on the city). A...

Ballotpedia — Monterey Park California Measure NDC Prohibit Data Centers Measure (June 2026) + Broadband Breakfast — Monterey Park Votes to Permanently Ban Data Centers + ABC7 Los Angeles — Monterey Park voters approve Measure NDC banning power-hungry data centers within city limits + Fox Business — California city votes to permanently ban data centers in first-of-its-kind measure + LA Public Press — Monterey Park overwhelmingly votes to ban data centers + City of Monterey Park — June 2 2026 Special Municipal Election page + Data Center Knowledge — California City Approves First Voter-Enacted Data Center Ban ↗

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Thu, July 2, 2026

T+1 outcome / Ohio Conserve Ohio ballot initiative failed 83361 of 413488 signatures 20 percent / no Nov 2026 statewide vote / ballot lane requires paid signature firms 2-4M budget / grassroots single cycle proven non-viable / Linn County IA 18-month moratorium 2-1 vote Jul 1 despite most restrictive ordinance / Washington County MD 12-month 4-1 doubled from 6 / Prince George's County MD expired Jul 1 2-year council vote next week / county commissioner lane accelerating / structural shift toward local friction

Plain-English background on ballot initiatives. A statewide ballot initiative is a mechanism in about half of US states where citizens can put a proposed law or constitutional amendment directly on the general-election ballot, bypassing the state legislature....

Ballotpedia — Ohio Prohibition of Data Center Construction Amendment (2026) + WFMJ — Ohio Data Center Ban Ballot Issue Falls Short of Signatures + Ohio Capital Journal — Data Center Ban on the Ohio Ballot? Petitioners Get Approval to Start Gathering Signatures + Linn County IA Board of Supervisors CivicAlert #4488 — Linn County Passes Temporary Data Center Moratorium for Unincorporated Linn County + Corridor Business — Linn County Data Center Moratorium Approved: How the Board Got to 2-1, and What Happens Next + CBS2 Iowa — 2-1 Vote Sets 18-Month Data Center Moratorium for Unincorporated Linn County + KCRG — Despite Putting Ordinance in Place, Linn County Passes Data Center Moratorium + Maryland Daily Record — Western MD County Approves Data Center Moratorium (Jul 1 2026) + WJLA — Data Center Protest Held in Prince George's County as Council Considers 2-Year Moratorium + WUSA9 — Prince George's County Debates 2-Year Data Center Development Moratorium ↗

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Wed, July 1, 2026

Developer counter-suit playbook / Hill County TX rescinded moratorium Jun 4 first successful kill via litigation / RCM Hill LLC $100M damages suit / substituted with site-plan review requirements / Cave City KY sued Jun 9 Kentucky Industrial Alliance / Imperial County CA Sebastian Rucci TRO no true emergency / Lordstown OH Ohio Supreme Court / unnamed NC county sued DCD / no national plaintiff firm yet / NY A11560 S10642 still not delivered to Hochul this morning / 10-day clock has not started / Earthjustice Food Water Watch NYPIRG pressure sign / Lexington Institute urge veto / OH statewide ballot signature deadline Jun 30 413488 needed no public confirmation

Plain-English background. Local government data center moratoriums are legally vulnerable in a specific way. Under most state constitutions and common-law doctrine, a moratorium — a temporary halt on all permit applications — is only defensible when the local...

Texas Tribune — Texas Hill County Moratorium Rescinded Data Centers (Jun 5 2026) + KERA — Hill County Drops Data Center Moratorium After Lawsuit, Adopts New Review Requirements (Jun 5 2026) + WBKO — Developer Sues Cave City Over Data Center Zoning Moratorium (Jun 9 2026) + Spectrum News 1 KY — Lawsuit Filed Over Data Center Zoning Moratorium + inewsource — Imperial County Approves Data Center Moratorium (Jun 16 2026) + CalMatters — Imperial County Data Center (Jun 2026) + WFMJ — Ohio Supreme Court Asked to Halt Lordstown Data Center Freeze + Data Center Dynamics — Data Center Developer Sues North Carolina County After It Passes One-Year Moratorium + Greenberg Traurig — New York Legislature Passes Data Center Moratorium Bill Awaits Governor's Approval + WGRZ — New York Bill Pausing Data Centers Awaits Hochul Decision + GovTech — Some Urge Gov. Hochul to Veto New York State Data Center Block + Lexington Institute — Gov. Hochul's Data Center Moratorium Veto Deliberations ↗

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Sun, June 28, 2026

Imperial County CA / 45-day moratorium imposed after Apr approval / Sebastian Rucci Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing / TRO filed against moratorium / separate CEQA suit by City of Imperial / separate IID water suit seeking 260M gal/yr Colorado River water / fallow-farmland redirect theory / IID Chair Karin Eugenio opposed / referendum signature drive / first CA county on moratorium map

Plain-English version. Imperial County sits in California's southeastern corner against the Mexican border — agricultural valley land, ~180,000 residents, hot desert climate, one of the lowest median income counties in California. The Imperial Irrigation...

CalMatters — This rural, California county approved a massive new data center. Then it changed its mind. (Jun 27 2026) + KPBS — Imperial Valley data center developer files lawsuit seeking access to Colorado River water (Jun 15 2026) + East County Magazine + Washington Post (Jun 23 2026) + CP&DR News Briefs Jun 23 2026 + The Cool Down + Imperial Valley Press ↗

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Mon, May 11, 2026

Kingsland GA vote May 11 / Marengo Township MI

Two updates on the local-moratorium tape that fill in the May 11 picture. (1) Kingsland GA: the City Council votes tonight on a 90-day moratorium that City Manager Lee Spell publicly recommended on April 24. The political context shifted last week when...

Georgia Public Broadcasting / The Current GA / Marengo Township / Bridge Michigan / WKAR Public Media ↗

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Sat, May 9, 2026

OH ballot / IN dead / ME veto

Three distinct state-level instruments and their May status: (1) Ohio Prohibition of Data Center Construction Amendment — a citizen-initiated state constitutional amendment that would write a 25 MW cap into Ohio's constitution. AG Dave Yost certified the...

Ballotpedia / Ohio Capital Journal / 13abc / Indiana General Assembly / Maine Governor's Office ↗

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Mon, May 4, 2026

Hyperscaler / footprint

Two large hyperscaler footprint moves this past week. AWS: ~$15B planned investment in Northern Indiana for multiple data center campuses adding approximately 2.4 GW of capacity dedicated to cloud computing and AI workloads. Microsoft: the $3.3B Fairwater...

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