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.
Morgan County
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Mixed Data Center Policies
Morgan County has enacted a six-month pause on data center applications while it develops standards, although the description calls it proposed. The sources do not describe limits on existing facilities.
Rating from Illinois statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Morgan County.
Specific to Morgan County only.
current law · County measurePauses data center applications in Morgan County for six months while officials develop standards and requirements.Illinois Morgan County Board Data Center Moratorium Resolution (2026)
What this means
The proposed six-month moratorium would pause data center applications while the county develops standards, making new projects substantially harder to start during that period (six months to pause applications). The sources do not describe limits on operating existing data centers.
Timing
- Ends
- six months
The sources describe a hard six-month moratorium on data-center applications, but do not provide an explicit calendar expiration date.
People behind it
- Commissioner Michael Woods
Proposed the resolution for the six-month data-center moratorium and seconded the motion to approve it.
- Chairman Michael Wankel
Introduced the motion to approve the six-month moratorium and led the county board's action on it.
- Gray Noll
Morgan County State's Attorney who drafted the moratorium.
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- Commissioner Wood
Seconded the chairman's motion to approve the six-month moratorium.
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A six-month moratorium pauses the acceptance and development review of data-center applications, giving the county time to research the projects and establish standards and requirements.
Sources
pending · County measurePauses data-center proposals in Morgan County for six months while officials review the rules.Illinois Morgan County Restrictions on Data Center Construction and Operation Advisory Measure (November 2026)
What this means
The proposed measure is described as an advisory measure, so it would ask voters’ views but would not itself restrict construction or operation. Local groups are seeking a 12-month moratorium, but the source does not say that the advisory measure would enact one or specify any binding restrictions. The county’s separate six-month pause is not part of this measure.
Timing
- Ends
- six months
The county approved a hard six-month moratorium on April 27, 2026. The sources do not specify an exact expiration date or whether the six-month period runs from adoption or another event.
People behind it
- Accountability for Data Center Development
Group collecting signatures to propose a referendum restricting data-center construction in Morgan County.
- Indivisible-Jacksonville
Group collecting signatures to propose a referendum restricting data-center construction in Morgan County.
- Chair Michael Wankel
Proposed the six-month moratorium approved by the Morgan County Board.
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- Commissioner Wood
Seconded the motion to approve the six-month moratorium.
- Morgan County Board
Approved the six-month moratorium and administered the county’s review of data-center regulations.
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A hard six-month moratorium was approved, temporarily pausing additional data-center proposals while the county reviews zoning, utility demand, water use, land impacts, and tax effects. approved a six-month hold
Sources
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