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.
Vermillion County
Mixed Data Center Policies
Indiana offers qualifying data centers sales-tax breaks and possible local property-tax exemptions, while utility-related requirements may add costs or delay projects. State energy planning could support reliable power, but no new projects or direct incentives are guaranteed.
Rating and summary from Indiana statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Vermillion County.
Specific to Vermillion County only.
failed · Unincorporated areasWould have temporarily barred new data-center applications in Vermillion County, but commissioners rejected the proposal, so it did not take effect.Vermillion County, Indiana Ordinance No. 2026-___ (2026)
What this means
If enacted, this proposal would pause new data-center applications in unincorporated Vermillion County for about a year, making it much harder to build or expand during that period; it could end sooner if new zoning rules were adopted. The proposal was later rejected by county commissioners, so it is not in effect (moratorium term, vote rejecting it).
People behind it
- Vermillion County Area Plan Commission
Initiated the zoning ordinance and scheduled the public hearing on the proposed moratorium.
- Vermillion County Board of Commissioners
The body named to enact the moratorium ordinance after the Area Plan Commission’s hearing and recommendation.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The proposed ordinance would impose a temporary moratorium on filing any new application related to a data center in Vermillion County. It would begin upon adoption and remain until September 17, 2027, or 12 months after its effective date, whichever is later; it would end earlier if data-center regulations were adopted and took effect. The commissioners rejected the proposed moratorium 2–1, so this restriction was not enacted.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
The moratorium would end when amendments to the County’s Unified Development Ordinance establishing data-center zoning and land-use regulations take effect, allowing applications to be considered under those rules; it does not guarantee approval.
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