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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
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Maricopa County · May 6
Project Baccara approved 4-1 — $36B / 700 MW gas DC near Luke AFB
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Sedgwick County · May 6
90-day moratorium extended to Sep 11
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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
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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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Mon, August 17, 2026

PJM 2028/29 BRA results Jul 14 / cleared $325/MW-day cap every LDA / 138,318 MW UCAP / $16.4B / reserve margin 14.7% BUT 6,831 MW below 1-in-10 requirement / first-ever shortfall / 525 MW new gen / IMM: $6.3B 38% DC-driven, $29.4B 46% across 4 BRAs / separate DC auction demanded / EL26-63 IMM sides with Maryland OPC

The result the whole month was waiting for landed Tuesday July 14 after 4 PM ET: PJM procured 138,318 MW UCAP (149,182 MW counting FRR) at $325/MW-day — the FERC-approved collar cap — uniform across every locational deliverability area. Total cost: $16.4...

PJM Inside Lines — PJM Capacity Auction Procures 138,318 MW (Jul 14 2026) + Utility Dive — PJM data centers capacity auction IMM Bowring + Monitoring Analytics EL26-63 comments (Jul 27 2026) ↗

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Wed, July 1, 2026

T-0 Jul 1 2026 / VA $0.011/kWh tax live 12:01 AM SCC collecting / IL DCIP application intake frozen Pritzker fall veto session reform / FL SB 484 live utility cost shift prohibition ≥50 MW full cost of service aquifer permitting tightened / Trump EO 14318 live federal permitting acceleration DC >100 MW or >$500M / IL joins OH AZ ME cluster / VA DEQ water language interim today hard cutover Jan 1 2027 Eastern VA Groundwater Mgmt Area / Data Center Coalition Josh Levi opposed / state-federal misalignment first visible day

Plain-English background. Four separate regulatory clocks all reach 12:01 AM Wednesday July 1, 2026 at the same instant. Three are state-level and point toward friction — they increase cost or reduce access for hyperscalers building in that state. One is...

Greenberg Traurig — Virginia Legislature Approves Tax on Data Center Electricity Consumption (Jun 2026) + Data Center Knowledge — Virginia Approves First-Ever Data Center Power Tax + Illinois Governor's Newsroom — Gov. Pritzker Pauses New Data Center Tax Incentives + Capitol News Illinois — Gov. JB Pritzker to Suspend Tax Breaks for Data Centers, Urging More Discussion + The Hill — Pritzker Pauses Data Center Tax Incentives in Illinois + MultiState — State Data Center Policy Shifts as Governors Impose New Restrictions (Jun 22 2026) + Whitehouse.gov — Executive Order 14318 Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security (Jun 2026) + AI Governance Institute — EO 14318 Accelerating Federal Permitting Data Center Infrastructure 2026 + Henrico Citizen — Virginia Has a New Two-Year Budget. Here's What Lawmakers Now Require of Data Centers + Kiplinger — Virginia Approves First Data Center Power Tax ↗

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Tue, June 30, 2026

NY A11560 S10642 Responsible Data Center Development Act / passed Jun 4 / Senate 44-16 / Assembly 102-39 / 20 MW threshold / 1 year DEC permit moratorium / awaits formal delivery to Hochul / 10 day signing clock / Hochul no position yet / chapter amendment possible / Maine LD 307 vetoed Apr 24 by Mills over Jay carve-out / 20 MW matches OR POWER Act Schedule 96 and federal S 4214 / first nation state level moratorium if signed

Plain-English background. There are two ways to legislate a data center moratorium. A 'county zoning moratorium' is local — a single county or city pauses applications in its own boundaries for 6-12 months while it writes rules. A 'state-level moratorium' is...

Greenberg Traurig — New York Legislature Passes Data Center Moratorium; Bill Awaits Governor's Approval (Jun 2026) + Harris Beach Murtha — New York State Legislature Passes First-in-the-Nation Data Center Moratorium + Mintz — New York Legislature Passes First-in-the-Nation Data Center Moratorium, Awaiting Governor's Signature (Jun 12 2026) + DCD — New York state legislature passes data center moratorium, awaits governor Hochul's approval + Earthjustice — NYS Legislature Passes Data Center Moratorium + Thompson Hine — Vetoed, Not Dead: Maine's Data Center Moratorium and What It Means for Developers + Maine Office of the Governor — Veto Message LD 307 (Apr 24 2026) ↗

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Sun, May 24, 2026

Maine LD 307 / override failed 72-65 / first state ban dies

Plain-English framing: a 'statewide moratorium' is a single state legislature voting to freeze data-center development across every jurisdiction inside the state — much bigger blast radius than the city-by-city pauses above. Maine got within one veto of being...

Maine Morning Star / Press Herald / TechCrunch / Data Center Knowledge ↗

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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...

NC Newsline / Sanford Herald / Axios Charlotte / WBTV / Spring Hope Enterprise / NCleg ↗

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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...

Colorado Politics / CPR / Seehafer News / 9News Denver / WBTV / ERCOT ↗

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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...

KUNC / CPR News / The Colorado Sun / The Durango Herald ↗

ERCOTPJMMISOTexasMoratoriumTax incentiveRatepayer protection

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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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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...

The Current GA ↗

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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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