Warrick County IN: Special Aug 11 Vote on Moratorium + Zoning for Undisclosed 1,200-Acre 'Project Zora'

After nearly 200 residents packed a July 14 hearing, the Warrick County Area Plan Commission tabled its own data-center ordinance and voted 4-3 to draft a moratorium through December. A special Board of Commissioners meeting on August 11 will vote on both the moratorium and zoning amendments. The unnamed “Project Zora” developer controls roughly 1,200 acres of reclaimed mine land in northern Warrick County and proposes developing about 300 acres of it — with the hyperscaler’s identity and its power-demand figures still undisclosed.

Warrick County is a clean instance of the pattern documented at Walker County, GA the same week (2026-08-11–walker-county-ga-datacenter-moratorium-180-days-study-committee): local governments moving to freeze development before the hyperscaler behind a project discloses itself, precisely because disclosure tends to concentrate and intensify opposition. A 300-acre buildout implies 300-600+ MW of demand on the regional grid — comparable in scale to the disputed projects in Palm Beach County (2026-07-15–palm-beach-county-rejects-project-tango-data-center) and Lake County, FL (2026-06-23–lake-county-fl-commissioners-draft-data-center-moratorium-july-vote). County land records for the 1,200-acre parcel are the next lead for identifying the developer.