The Data Center Divide
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Iroquois County
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Iroquois County’s status listing marks the ordinance enacted, though its description says “if enacted”; it pauses data center development in every zoning district while the county studies impacts and updates rules, with no duration specified.
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current law · County measureTemporarily prohibits data center development in all county zoning districts while the county evaluates potential impacts and updates its ordinances.Iroquois County Ordinance 2026-8 (2026)
What this means
If enacted, this countywide temporary moratorium would pause data center development in every zoning district while the county studies impacts and updates its rules (temporary moratorium on data centers and warehouse developments). That is a major barrier to building or expanding, though the source does not say how long the pause would last.
Timing
Ordinance No. 2026-8 establishes a temporary moratorium on data center facilities and warehouses in all zoning districts, but the sources do not state its duration, expiration date, ending condition, or extension terms.
People behind it
- Jamie Bakken
Moved in the Planning & Zoning Committee to approve the temporary moratorium on data centers and warehouse developments and moved for County Board approval of Ordinance No. 2026-8.
- Chad McGinnis
Seconded the Planning & Zoning Committee motion approving the temporary moratorium.
- Kathleen Perkinson
Presented Ordinance No. 2026-8 to the County Board.
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- Iroquois County Zoning Board of Appeals
Recommended approval of the temporary moratorium on data centers and warehouse developments.
- Julie Feller
Provided the proposed moratorium ordinance to the Planning & Zoning Committee.
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Establishes a temporary moratorium on data center facilities in all Iroquois County zoning districts, preventing their development while the County evaluates impacts on the electrical grid, water usage, and environmental concerns and considers updates to its ordinances. The provided sources do not specify an end date.
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