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The Data Center Divide

Tulare County

This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.

Anti-Data Center Policies

Tulare County’s temporary pause delays new data-center development in unincorporated areas through August 6, 2027; it does not cover incorporated cities or prohibit operation of existing centers.

current law · Unincorporated areas
Prohibits new data center development in unincorporated Tulare County through August 6, 2027, while the County develops permanent rules.Tulare County Uncodified Urgency Interim Ordinance No. 3669

What this means

The measure pauses new data center development in unincorporated Tulare County for about 10 months and 15 days, making building or expanding projects there substantially harder and delaying them (through August 6, 2027). It is temporary, applies only in unincorporated areas, and does not itself ban operating existing data centers, so it falls short of an outright ban (does not approve or authorize any specific data center development).

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  • None identified in the reviewed summaries; the signed ordinance has not been reviewed for exceptions or other provisions.

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current law · Unincorporated areas
Extends the temporary pause on approving or issuing permits for new data centers in unincorporated Tulare County through August 6, 2027.Tulare County Resolution No. 2026-0613 (2026)

What this means

The extension would block new data center development in unincorporated Tulare County through August 6, 2027, creating a major delay for projects there. It would not cover the county’s incorporated cities or directly prohibit operating existing data centers, but the temporary pause is still a substantial restriction.

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  • - Adopts a 45-day pause on acceptance, processing, approval or issuance of permits and entitlements for new data center development in unincorporated areas. - Directs staff to draft opposition letters for projects considered during the moratorium within Tulare County's boundaries. - Directs the Resource Management Agency to prepare proposed permanent zoning regulations before expiration, including any requested extension.

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  • None identified in the reviewed resolution; no affirmative development incentive identified.

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Specific to Tulare County only.

current law · Unincorporated areas
Pauses approval of new data center projects in unincorporated Tulare County through August 6, 2027, while the county develops permanent rules.Tulare County Extension of Uncodified Urgency Interim Ordinance No. 3669 (2026)

What this means

The measure would pause new data-center development in unincorporated Tulare County for 10 months and 15 days, making building new facilities substantially harder during that period. It does not establish a permanent ban or cover the county’s incorporated cities, and the separate opposition position has an exception for enterprise facilities.

Timing

Ends
Aug 6, 2027

The moratorium on new data center development in unincorporated Tulare County is extended for 10 months and 15 days through 2027-08-06. The extension is the maximum available under the current urgency ordinance without another extension; an additional one-year extension may potentially follow under the ordinance.

People behind it

  • Lead public agency and project applicant responsible for extending the temporary moratorium and developing related land-use regulations.

  • County legislative body that adopted the original moratorium and unanimously approved its extension.

  • Identified as the contact agency in the extension's Contact Information.

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  • Named as the extension's Project Planner/Representative, with contact types Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant. The linked profile identifies him with the Tulare County Resource Management Agency.

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  • A temporary moratorium bars the acceptance, processing, approval, or issuance of land-use entitlements for new data center development in unincorporated Tulare County through August 6, 2027. It does not apply within the incorporated limits of the county’s eight cities.

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