Cliff · Data center policy snapshot · May 9
Seattle · May 1
Mayor Wilson plans 365-day moratorium on facilities ≥10 MWBox Elder County · May 4
9 GW Stratos campus approved unanimously — 40k acres, off-grid gasMaricopa County · May 6
Project Baccara approved 4-1 — $36B / 700 MW gas DC near Luke AFBSedgwick County · May 6
90-day moratorium extended to Sep 11Hermantown · May 4
Council tables vote on Google $2B project + $80M / 28-yr abatementOneida County · May 8
Zoning advances proactive 1-yr moratorium — no proposal pendingBulloch County · May 6
Moratorium extended through DecemberDurham · May 4
60-day moratorium passed — 24-month follow-on intendedNorthampton County · May 4
32-month moratorium passed unanimouslyVirginia DEQ · May 7
APG-576 locks Tier 4 BACT as presumptive for emergency + non-emergency gen-setsJurisdiction
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Three regulatory events in the same 24-hour window on May 8 — Pennsylvania PUC's model-tariff vote, PPL Electric's pending rate-case settlement (filed March 13, ALJ recommendation April 17, effective July 1), and Oregon PUC's PGE Schedule 96 directive —...
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HB 1030 was Colorado's primary 2026 attempt to attract data-center investment via tax incentives — the bill was first introduced in January and modeled loosely on the sales-and-use exemption regimes that Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, and...
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Five separate jurisdictions moved on data-center moratoria or rejections in the May 4-8 window. (1) Northampton County NC (rural northeastern NC, ~17,500 population, near the Roanoke-Chowan area) approved a 32-month pause unanimously on May 4 after residents...
Eight separate municipal / county data-center moratorium or restriction actions in 48 hours. Sedgwick County (Wichita-area) Kansas commissioners voted unanimously to extend their moratorium for an additional 90 days to September 11; this is the second...