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
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Plain-English framing: a 'moratorium' is a city or county council voting to stop accepting, reviewing, or approving any new data-center applications for a fixed window (here ranging 30 days to 12 months) while staff study water, power, and noise impacts. It...
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Reno is the second Mountain West city to enact a data-center moratorium this month (after Denver's May 18 vote, which is happening today), and the first in Nevada to do so at any level of government. The 6-1 vote at a 7-hour special meeting is one of the...
Four jurisdictions moved on data-center moratoria in the May 4-8 window. (1) Durham NC city council unanimously approved a 60-day moratorium May 4. The 60-day duration is *not* the council's policy preference — Council member Nate Baker explicitly stated 'I...
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...
Three Seattle councilmembers (Juarez D5, Lin D2, Hollingsworth President) announced April 30 they will introduce an emergency 365-day data center moratorium with the bill drop targeted for mid-May; a public hearing is required within 60 days of adoption....