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.
Benewah County
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Benewah County has enacted a 182-day pause on data-center proposals, temporarily delaying development while it considers future rules; this is not a permanent ban.
Rating from Idaho statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Benewah County.
Specific to Benewah County only.
current law · County measurePauses data center proposals in Benewah County for 182 days while the county evaluates how to review them and what rules may be needed.Benewah County Resolution establishing a temporary moratorium on data center applications (2026)
What this means
The measure creates a 182-day pause on data-center proposals, delaying development while the county considers future rules (the moratorium is effective for 182 days). That is a substantial short-term barrier, though the sources describe a temporary pause rather than a permanent ban.
Timing
- Ends
- 182 days
The county’s temporary data-center moratorium is effective for 182 days; the sources do not specify an explicit calendar expiration date.
People behind it
- Benewah County Commissioners
Approved the resolution establishing a temporary 182-day moratorium on data centers.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
A temporary moratorium on data centers, effective for 182 days.
Sources
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