| 2026-09-22 | Prince William County Supervisors Vote 8-0 to End By-Right Data Center Development, Requiring Special Use Permits
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-16 | Florida PSC Requires Duke's Data-Center Cost Projections Redacted From the Consumer Brief Challenging Them
3 src Earthjustice | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-16 | House Passes Ratepayer Protection Act 417-3, but Only Directs States to *Consider* Making Data Centers Pay Grid Costs
3 src U.S. House of Representatives | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-16 | Indianapolis Approves $240M in Tax Breaks for Sabey's $4.3B Campus — the Project Its Own Moratorium Had Exempted
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-15 | Franklin County MO Commissioners Rezone Two Farms for Data Centers, Overriding Their Own Planning Commission
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-08 | Levy County FL Adopts Ordinance 2026-05, a One-Year Moratorium on Data Centers and Power-Intensive Facilities
4 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-01 | Bulloch County GA Rejects a Permanent Data-Center Ban 4-3 on the Chairman's Tiebreaker, Keeping the Moratorium and Seating a 21-Person Citizen Group
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-31 | Dougherty County GA Extends Its Data-Center Moratorium 180 Days, Unanimously, With Officials Saying There Is No Ceiling on Extensions
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-31 | North Port FL Advances an 18-Month Data-Center Moratorium 4-1 After Seven Hours and About 400 Public Comments
5 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-30 | Barber County KS Approves Google's 1.7M-Square-Foot Project Helium 2-0-1, With Full Ad Valorem Taxes, $5.5M in Community Payments and a Ban on New Water Wells
2 src Google | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-27 | Elkhart Indiana Council Votes 9-0 to Stop Accepting Data-Center and Battery-Storage Applications Through 2027
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-26 | Hall County GA Imposes a Single Unanimous Moratorium Covering Both Data Centers and Detention Centers
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-26 | Pinal County AZ Rejects the 3,300-Acre La Osa Data Center 4-1 Even After an 80% Scale-Back and Self-Imposed Water Limits
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-25 | Florida PSC Tells Duke Its Data-Center Tariff Is on "Shaky Ground" in First Test of SB 484 Cost-Shift Law
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-25 | Henry County VA Creates Data Center Zoning District Requiring Special Use Permit, 50 dBA Cap and Annual Noise Testing
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-24 | Carlton County MN Board Unanimously Enacts One-Year Data Center Moratorium as Google Presses Neighboring Hermantown
3 src Google | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-20 | Mike Rogers Backs Michigan Data-Center Moratorium Three Days After The Lever Discloses His AI/Data-Center Holdings
6 src Mike Rogers · Abdul El-Sayed · Blackstone |
| confirmed |
| 2026-08-19 | Oracle Drops Wisconsin PSC Suit, Leaving $100M-Plus Annual Collateral Requirement for Port Washington Campus
4 src Oracle · Wisconsin Public Service Commission · We Energies · OpenAI | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-18 | Brazos County Approves 4-0 Transfer of $700M RELLIS Data Center Tax Abatement to ThisWay Global After Abbott Audit Order
4 src Greg Abbott · ERCOT | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-18 | Brazos County Transfers RELLIS Data Center Abatement to ThisWay Global, Returning Half the Value to Tax Rolls
2 src Greg Abbott | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-18 | Memphis Committee Advances 12-Month Data Center Moratorium as Greensboro Hearing Anchors Spreading NC Wave
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-17 | 200-Plus Pack Mercer County KY Zoning Hearing Against Panattoni's Project Bluegrass; Separate LPM Story Names Anthropic-Tied TeraWulf Project in Hancock County
6 src Anthropic | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-17 | Alamance County NC Commissioners Unanimously Enact One-Year Moratorium on Data Centers Requiring 10MW or More
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-17 | Harrington, DE City Council Unanimously Rejects Ordinance 25-08, Which Would Have Added Data Centers as a Conditional Use in the Manufacturing Zone
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-17 | Spartanburg County SC Council Unanimously Delays Third Reading of 12-Month Data Center Moratorium to September 21
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-13 | Fort Worth Advances Data Center Moratorium Unanimously; Louisville Passes Six-Month Freeze 24-1 Two Days Later
5 src ERCOT | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-11 | Dover, DE City Council Committee of the Whole Votes Unanimously to Advance 18-Month Data Center Moratorium; Full Council Vote Expected October
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-08-10 | Indianapolis Council Pauses New Data Centers 23-1 Through 2027, Exempting Three Already-Approved Projects
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-10 | Nessel and Earthjustice File Appeal Briefs Against MPSC Approval of DTE's Stargate Data Center Contracts
4 src Dana Nessel · Earthjustice · Michigan Public Service Commission · DTE Energy · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-09 | Fulton County Votes 5-0 to Halt Data Center Tax Abatements Citing $1.1B Statewide Revenue Loss as Microsoft Unwinds Atlanta Deals
3 src Microsoft | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-06 | AG Nessel's Michigan Court of Appeals Brief Names Docket Numbers, Argues DTE's Own Filings Admit a Ratepayer Cost Increase
6 src Dana Nessel · Michigan Public Service Commission · DTE Energy · Oracle · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-31 | Virginia SCC Orders Dominion to Shift Transmission Costs to Data Centers, Cutting Residential Bill Impact to $0.94
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-28 | Augusta Township, MI Voters Overturn Thor Equities $1B Data Center Rezoning 89.5%-10.4%
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-24 | Escambia County FL Commissioners Vote 5-0 That Data Centers 'Not Permitted' Under Land Code
1 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-22 | Montgomery County MD: 18-Month Data Center Moratorium Advances to Full Council Vote
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-22 | Project Delta Hyperscale Campus Rezoning Refiled in Stokes County, NC After Legal Void — Hyperscaler Identity Still Withheld
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-22 | Residents Sue Guadalupe County, TX Over $500M Tax Abatement for CloudBurst AI Data Center Campus
8 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-21 | Charles County, MD Commissioners Scrap Data Center Zoning Amendment After Year of Pushback
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-21 | Kent County, DE Levy Court Passes First Data Center Restrictions: Industrial Zones Only, 300-Foot Setbacks
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-21 | Tulare County Fair Board Tables Global Stack Fairgrounds Data Center Lease After Hours of Public Opposition
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-15 | Emails Show Entergy Arkansas Co-Drafted Pulaski County Moratorium That Exempts Its Own $6B Prospective Customer
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-15 | Hamilton County, TN Commissioners Vote for One-Year Data Center Moratorium
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-15 | Hochul Signs EO 62 — First Statewide Hyperscale Data Center Moratorium as 20+ Localities Move in One Week
3 src Kathy Hochul | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-15 | Palm Beach County Rejects 'Project Tango' Hyperscale AI Campus 5-1 After 12-Hour Hearing
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-15 | Saline Township MI Caps Oracle/OpenAI Tax Abatement 9x, Then Reverses Under 'Shall Approve' Legal Threat 72 Hours Later
4 src Oracle · OpenAI | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-14 | Federal Judge Orders Wilmington, OH to Redo Three Ordinances for Amazon's $4B Data Center — Open Meetings Violation
2 src Amazon Web Services | | reported |
| 2026-07-14 | Leon County, TX Commissioners Reject Crusoe Technologies' $34B Tax Abatement Application — 200+ Residents Oppose
1 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-13 | Indianapolis Council Committee Advances Data Center Moratorium Through 2027, 10-3
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-11 | Missoula County, MT Adopts Temporary Moratorium on New or Expanding Data Centers
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-09 | Trenton, OH City Council Approves 15-Year 75% Tax Abatement for Prologis 250 MW Data Center Campus
3 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-08 | Lakeland FL 'Project Swan' AI Data Center Draws Bipartisan Opposition, Ratepayer Concerns
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-07 | Bell County, TX Residents Demand End to Meta Data Center Tax Abatements
1 src Meta | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-07 | DeKalb County GA Extends Data Center Moratorium Through March 2027 After Rejecting Industry-Backed Regulations
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-07 | Douglas County GA Votes 4-1 to Block EdgeConneX's 700-Acre Data Center Campus — Second Denial in Seven Months
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-07 | Oregon PUC Unanimously Approves PGE Large-Load Rates: Data Centers Up 29.7%, All Other Classes Down
3 src Oregon Public Utility Commission · Portland General Electric | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-06 | Nashville Mayor Files Eminent Domain to Block DC Blox Data Center Next to City Zoo
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-06 | Prince George's County MD Council Passes 2-Year Data Center Moratorium
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-02 | Santa Fe County NM Passes Unanimous 18-Month Data Center Moratorium at 1 MW Threshold
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-30 | Washington County MD Votes 4-1 for 12-Month Data Center Moratorium Over Infrastructure Cost-Shift Concerns
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-26 | East Fishkill NY Adopts a Three-Year Data-Center Moratorium to 2029; the Treetop Proposal That Triggered It Leaves the NYISO Queue
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Jackson MS: 230-Acre Northwest Jackson Data Center Rezoning (Saxum) Heads to June 24 Planning Board Hearing
4 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-22 | Archer County TX Unanimously Denies Tax Abatement for Google's 2,800-Acre 'Project Raptor' Data Center
3 src Google | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-22 | Arizona and Illinois Impose Data Center Tax Moratoriums Effective July 1; 300+ Data Center Bills Filed in 30+ States in 2026
4 src JB Pritzker · State of Illinois · State of Texas · Public Utility Commission of Texas | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-08 | Charlotte City Council Unanimously Imposes 150-Day Data Center Moratorium — Largest US City to Pause
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-03 | New York Legislature Passes Nation's First Statewide Data Center Moratorium (S.10642); Hochul Decision Pending
4 src Kathy Hochul | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-02 | Shapiro Releases Pennsylvania Data Center Incentive Conditions as $2B Sales-Tax Exemption Faces June 30 Budget Fight
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-12 | Hill County TX Adopts, Then Rescinds Under $100M Federal Suit, the First Texas County Data-Center Moratorium — the Case Now Shaping Bell County and Fort Worth's Cautious Posture
7 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-22 | Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority Passes 12-Month Water/Sewer Moratorium on Data Centers (Resolution 26-08)
4 src University of Michigan | | reported |
| 2026-03-18 | University of Michigan Finalizes Purchase of 124-Acre Textile Road Parcel for Proposed $1.2B Los Alamos Computing Center
4 src University of Michigan | | reported |
| 2026-03-10 | New Castle County, DE Council Passes Data Center Siting Ordinance 12-0, Exempts Starwood's 'Project Washington' Near Delaware City
2 src | | reported |
| 2025-09-01 | Saline Township Board Votes 4-1 to Deny Oracle/OpenAI Data Center Rezoning; Developer Sues, Township Settles
5 src Oracle · OpenAI | | reported |