The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
City of Coachella
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Anti-Data Center Policies
Coachella has enacted a temporary 10-month, 15-day block on data-center development applications, though the description says “if adopted”; it does not expressly bar existing centers from operating.
Rating from Riverside County as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Coachella.
current law · City of CoachellaProhibits the City from accepting, processing, or approving data center development applications for another 10 months and 15 days while it considers permanent restrictions.Coachella Urgency Ordinance No. 1230 (2026)
What this means
If adopted, the measure would block the City from accepting, processing, or approving data-center development applications for an additional 10 months and 15 days. That would substantially delay new construction or expansion, although the measure is temporary and does not expressly ban the ongoing operation of existing data centers.
Timing
- Ends
- Jun 4, 2027
The proposed urgency ordinance extends the existing moratorium for 10 months and 15 days, through 2027-06-04, effective upon adoption by a four-fifths vote. If the extension is not adopted, the existing moratorium expires on 2026-07-19.
People behind it
- Gustavo Romo
City Manager; prepared the staff report and is identified as responsible for administering and presenting the proposed moratorium extension.
- Ryan Guiboa
City Attorney; assisted in preparing the proposed urgency ordinance and advised on its legal defensibility and consistency with state law.
- City staff
Recommended the moratorium extension, prepared the required written report, and developed the proposed zoning amendment concerning data centers.
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- City Council
Considered and was responsible for adopting the urgency ordinance extending the moratorium by a four-fifths vote.
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A temporary moratorium prohibits the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications, permits, entitlements, agreements, or other approvals for data center development in the City. The existing 45-day moratorium is extended for an additional 10 months and 15 days, through June 4, 2027.
The moratorium covers facilities primarily used for storing, managing, processing, or transmitting digital data, including data storage facilities, server farms, artificial-intelligence processing, cloud computing, email servicing, and similar uses.
City staff is preparing a proposed Title 17 amendment that would permanently prohibit data centers and related uses within the City; the proposal is scheduled for Planning Commission consideration on July 18, 2026, and City Council consideration on August 12, 2026.
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