| 2026-09-22 | Clearfield County Approves Six-Month Moshannon ICE Extension 2-1, Citing School Tax Base and Its Own Oversight
4 src GEO Group · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 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 | Indianapolis Approves $240M in Tax Breaks for Sabey's $4.3B Campus — the Project Its Own Moratorium Had Exempted
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 |
| 2026-09-01 | Maryland Delegation Members Push Back on ICE Plans for Warehouse Detention in Washington County
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | 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 |
| 2026-08-27 | 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 | Henry County VA Creates Data Center Zoning District Requiring Special Use Permit, 50 dBA Cap and Annual Noise Testing
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-25 | Jackson Township, NJ Adopts Ordinance 2026-25, Writing a Data-Center Prohibition That Expressly Excludes Warehouses From the Definition
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-25 | Pierce County WA Extends Its Detention Moratorium Six Months, With the Executive Saying State Law Bars a Permanent Ban
1 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | 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 | Washington County, FL Unanimously Approves One-Year Data Center Moratorium in Unincorporated Areas
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-19 | Indianapolis/Marion County Enacts Data-Center Moratorium Through 2027 on 23-1 Council and 6-0 Commission Votes
3 src Google | | 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 | Bell County, TX Tables Data-Center Abatement Repeal as Judge Blackburn Warns It Would Forfeit All Leverage
3 src Meta | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-17 | Flock Safety Adds Privacy Controls as Cities and Legislatures Exit ALPR Contracts Across Its 6,000-Community Network
3 src Flock Safety · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | 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 |
| 2026-08-14 | Nassau County Defies NY Deadline to Terminate ICE 287(g) Agreements as AG Prepares Legal Action
3 src Bruce Blakeman · Nassau County · New York Attorney General · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-13 | Attorney Challenges Oracle/OpenAI $43B Saline Township Tax Break, Arguing Township Skipped Required Public Hearing
3 src Oracle · OpenAI | | 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 |
| 2026-08-12 | Judge Abelson Vacates Howard County's Permit Revocations, Clearing Elkridge ICE Warehouse Conversion to Resume
3 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | 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 |
| 2026-08-11 | Walker County GA Extends Data Center Moratorium 180 Days; Creates Standards Study Committee
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-10 | Indianapolis Council Pauses New Data Centers 23-1 Through 2027, Exempting Three Already-Approved Projects
3 src | | 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 |
| 2026-08-07 | Warrick County IN: Special Aug 11 Vote on Moratorium + Zoning for Undisclosed 1,200-Acre 'Project Zora'
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-04 | Jeffersonville IN Council Votes 8-0 for 1-Year Data Center Moratorium; Meta's Near-Complete Facility Exempted
2 src Meta Platforms | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-03 | La Crosse WI City Plan Commission Advances 18-Month Data Center Freeze; Council Vote Aug 13
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-03 | NC Data Center 'Moratorium Fever': 11 Counties, 17 Towns Ban Hyperscale Development; Durham Hearing Set Aug 24
2 src Mike Lee | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-31 | E. Kahn Development Sues Montgomery Township, NJ for $300M Over an Ordinance Banning Both Data Centers and Detention Centers
3 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 | Community Mobilizes Against GEO Group Plan to Reopen Rivers Correctional as 1,400-Bed ICE Detention Center in Hertford County, NC
3 src GEO Group | | reported |
| 2026-07-22 | Montgomery County MD: 18-Month Data Center Moratorium Advances to Full Council Vote
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-22 | NW Ohio ICE Detention Facility Board Blocks Public Comment, Moves Meetings to Restrict Protesters
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-22 | Project Delta Hyperscale Campus Rezoning Refiled in Stokes County, NC After Legal Void — Hyperscaler Identity Still Withheld
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-21 | 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 |
| 2026-07-17 | DOJ Ultimatum to Milwaukee on ICE Mask Ban Passes Without Resolution; Supremacy Clause Standoff Active
3 src Department of Justice | | reported |
| 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 |
| 2026-07-14 | Leon County, TX Commissioners Reject Crusoe Technologies' $34B Tax Abatement Application — 200+ Residents Oppose
1 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-14 | Merrillville, IN Council Unanimously Tables Rescission of Anti-ICE-Detention Resolution, Defying AG Rokita's $10K Threat
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-14 | Orange County, NY Town Board Votes to Oppose $35.5M ICE Warehouse Lease; Governor Demands Disclosure
2 src Kathy Hochul | | reported |
| 2026-07-13 | Indianapolis Council Committee Advances Data Center Moratorium Through 2027, 10-3
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-13 | Santa Clara County + California Sue ICE Over Gilroy Detention Facility; Court Approves Construction Halt Through Sept. 9
3 src Santa Clara County · State of California · ICE | | reported |
| 2026-07-11 | Missoula County, MT Adopts Temporary Moratorium on New or Expanding Data Centers
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-07-10 | National Land Developers Sues Andover Township, NJ Over Data-Center Ban Adopted Five Days After a Standards Ordinance
4 src | | confirmed |
| 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 |
| 2026-07-06 | 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 |
| 2026-07-01 | Linn County Iowa Board Votes 2-1 for 18-Month Data Center Moratorium, Effective Immediately
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-30 | Loudon County TN Commission Votes 6-Month Data-Center Moratorium After Resident Hearing
2 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 |
| 2026-06-29 | DHS Abandons $130M Roxbury NJ Warehouse ICE Detention Plan After Bipartisan State Lawsuit and NEPA Delay
4 src Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Mikie Sherrill · Jennifer Davenport · +1 | | 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 |
| 2026-06-24 | Box Elder County UT: Two Commissioners Who Backed Stratos Hyperscale Data Center Lose Primaries in Voter Backlash
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Crow Wing County, MN: Residents Demand Termination of ICE/USMS Jail Agreement and Two 287(g) Pacts at June 23 Board Meeting
2 src U.S. Marshals Service · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · ACLU | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Lake County FL Commissioners Unanimously Agree to Draft 1-Year Data-Center Moratorium; Final Vote ~July 14
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Marin County Joins CA AG Lawsuit Against Permit-Bypassing Gilroy ICE Facility as Multi-County Coalition Grows
3 src California Attorney General · Santa Clara County · Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Warren Township, NJ Adopts a Data-Center Ban That Reproduces Roughly Half the County-Counsel Model Ordinance Verbatim
3 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 |
| 2026-06-18 | Citrus County FL Planning Commission Denies Holder Industrial Park Rezoning After One-Year Data-Center Moratorium
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-18 | ICE-MTC Marana AZ Private Prison Reactivation Grows From 513 to 1,300-Plus Beds With No Contract Signed
5 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-08 | [DUPLICATE — see canonical] Salt Lake City and County sue DHS/ICE over warehouse detention conversion
2 src Salt Lake City · Salt Lake County · DHS · ICE | | superseded |
| 2026-06-08 | Charlotte City Council Unanimously Imposes 150-Day Data Center Moratorium — Largest US City to Pause
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-05 | Hexa Builders Sues Monroe Township, NJ Over Data-Center Ban, Pleading That Data Centers Are Protected Speech
6 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 |
| 2026-04-21 | Cumberland County, Maine Votes 3-1 to Drop ICE From Jail's USMS Detainee Contract
7 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Marshals Service | | confirmed |
| 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 |
| 2026-02-26 | A Warren County Counsel Drafts New Jersey's Model Data-Center Ban Ordinance; a Commissioner Sends It to Municipalities and Advocacy Groups Amplify It
6 src | | confirmed |
| 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 |