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.
Prowers County
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Pro-Data Center Policies
Prowers County has enacted a six-month pause on processing data-center applications in unincorporated areas, delaying new projects and expansions; the description does not say it stops existing facilities from operating.
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Specific to Prowers County only.
current law · Unincorporated territoryProhibits Prowers County from accepting, reviewing, or acting on applications for data center projects in unincorporated areas for six months after adoption, unless ended or extended sooner.Prowers County Resolution No. 2026-___, Temporary Moratorium on Processing Special Use Permit Applications for Data Center Projects (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the measure would stop the county from accepting, reviewing, or acting on data center development applications in unincorporated Prowers County for six months, creating a serious delay for new projects (six-month moratorium). It does not expressly stop existing data centers from operating, but the temporary permitting freeze is a substantial barrier to building or expanding during that period.
Timing
- Ends
- six months from the date of this Resolution
The moratorium may end earlier by Board action or adoption of Code amendments, and may be extended to finalize those amendments.
People behind it
- Prowers County Board of County Commissioners
Proposed, adopted, and is responsible for administering the moratorium resolution.
- Roger Stagner
Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and signatory to the resolution adopting the moratorium.
- Ty Harmon
County Commissioner and signatory to the resolution adopting the moratorium.
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- Ron Cook
County Commissioner and signatory to the resolution adopting the moratorium.
- Jana Coen
County Clerk who attests to the resolution.
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Effective immediately upon adoption, Prowers County will not accept, review, or act on applications for developing data center projects located wholly or partly in the county’s unincorporated territory. The moratorium lasts six months from the resolution date, unless ended earlier, replaced by Code amendments, or extended by the Board.
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