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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
11
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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Mon, May 11, 2026

NC / 5-county moratorium cluster + Charlotte test case + HB 1063

The North Carolina cluster has reached critical mass through the May 4-10 window in three layered ways. Layer 1 (local moratoria): Harnett County's unanimous 1-year approval on May 4 — driven by Sen. Jim Burgin's disclosure that a developer was 'earnestly...

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Mon, May 11, 2026

Pending verification / 6 items

Pending-item resolution for May 11. Colorado SB 102 (Sen. Cathy Kipp, March 18 introduction): the bill would have banned utility economic agreements incentivizing data centers and required 100% new-renewable sourcing by 2031. Per Colorado Politics ('Despite...

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Sat, May 9, 2026

CO HB 1030 / killed 11-2

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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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...

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Sun, May 3, 2026

GA / moratorium calendar

The Camden County (GA) Board of Commissioners is set to vote Tuesday May 6 on adopting a 9-month moratorium on data centers. The proposal is driven by speculation that a Florida-based businessman has requested rezoning of land in Kingsland and the county for...

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Sat, May 2, 2026

Maine / moratorium

Maine House voted 72-65 on Apr 29 to override Gov. Janet Mills' Apr 24 veto of LD 307, falling short of the two-thirds needed. LD 307 would have prevented state, local, and quasi-governmental agencies from issuing permits or approvals for new data centers ≥20...

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Thu, April 30, 2026

State policy

Mills vetoed the bill Apr 24 (would have imposed 18-month moratorium on data centers ≥20MW until Nov 2027); override attempt Apr 29 failed despite supporters lining the State House halls. Mills said she would have signed if it carved out the Androscoggin Mill...

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