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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
2
Colorado · May 7
House committee kills HB 1030 DC tax-incentive package 11-2 — first 2026 state defeat
3
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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Meta Hyperion / 10 gas plants / 7 GW / 30% LA grid expansion

Hyperion is the largest single-site hyperscaler gas-fleet buildout in US history. The 10-gas-plant, 7+ GW figure is roughly 2x the next-largest hyperscaler gas commitment on the public tape (Microsoft's Quincy WA campus, ~3.5 GW gas commitment) and roughly...

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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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