Loading map…
Regbase

The Data Center Divide

Doniphan County

Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies

Doniphan County’s enacted measure bans establishing or operating data centers, including cryptocurrency-mining operations, in unincorporated areas and blocks permits there; it does not apply within incorporated towns.

current law · Unincorporated areas
Prohibits data centers, cryptocurrency-mining operations, and related activities in unincorporated Doniphan County, bars permits for them, and bans their waste from the county transfer station.Doniphan County Resolution No. 2025-10 (2025)

What this means

The measure would ban data centers, including cryptocurrency-mining operations, from being established or operated in the county’s unincorporated areas, and block permits for them (“prohibited from establishing and/or operating”). That is an outright ban within its scope, though it does not apply inside incorporated towns.

People behind it

  • Moved adoption of Doniphan County Resolutions 2025-09, 2025-10, 2025-11, and 2025-12.

  • Seconded the motions to adopt Resolutions 2025-09 and 2025-11.

  • Seconded the motions to adopt Resolutions 2025-10 and 2025-12.

Show 3 more peopleShow fewer people

  • Directed to reject permit applications for prohibited wind and solar energy conversion systems and projects.

  • Directed to reject permit applications for prohibited wind and solar energy conversion systems and projects.

  • Directed not to issue permits for data centers, cryptocurrency-mining systems, or related activities.

Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1

  • Prohibits establishment and operation; directs denial of building permits or permits of any kind; prohibits dumping of any waste from data centers at the county transfer station.

Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1

  • None identified in the published resolution.

Sources

Data provided by Regbase · Cookie preferences · Report missing data