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.
City of Edgerton
Mixed Data Center Policies
Kansas offers qualifying data centers a 20-year sales-tax exemption, conditional on major investment, job, water, security, and power commitments. Facilities with demand of 75 MW or more face stricter utility costs and service terms, while some large sites may have limited ability to connect and export power through July 2027.
Rating and summary from Kansas statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Edgerton.
pending · City of EdgertonWould prohibit new or existing data centers in Edgerton that exceed 10 megawatts of electrical demand or use more than 100,000 gallons of water daily; the proposal has not been enacted.Kansas Edgerton Proposed High Impact Data Center Prohibition Ordinance (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the proposal would ban building, installing, operating, or maintaining data centers that meet its high-impact thresholds in Edgerton (“No person, firm, corporation” may operate one). It excludes smaller, accessory data-processing equipment, but the categorical ban on covered facilities makes its overall effect an outright prohibition within its scope.
People behind it
- Carrie Schmidt
Citizen petition circulator who helped propose and submit the ordinance and sought its enactment or submission to voters.
- Kimberly Twente
Citizen petition participant who circulated and signed the proposed ordinance.
- Public Trust Collective, Inc.
Organization that assisted in facilitating the proposed ordinance and its petition process.
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- Scott Lawrence
Identified citizen petition circulator.
- Kailey Dressler
Identified citizen petition circulator.
- Jessica Martin
Identified citizen petition circulator.
- William LaFalce
Identified citizen petition circulator.
- Undersigned Edgerton electors
Petition proponents who submitted the proposed ordinance and requested that the City enact it or submit it to a vote.
- City of Edgerton, Kansas
Municipal body responsible for completing the statutory initiative process, including confirming validity and providing ballot information or calling an election.
- Dusti Callahan
Edgerton City Clerk who received the petition and was responsible for the City's required procedural actions.
- Johnson County Election Office
Election authority that verified the petition signatures and administered the signature-verification stage.
- Connie Schmidt
Johnson County Election Commissioner who completed the petition signature-verification process and requested the City's election information.
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Bans the construction, installation, operation, or maintenance of any “High Impact Data Center” in Edgerton.
Defines a “High Impact Data Center” as a facility primarily used for computing or data storage that requires a peak electrical load exceeding 10 megawatts or daily water use exceeding 100,000 gallons; ordinary accessory data-processing equipment that is incidental and subordinate to another building use is excluded.
Applies the ban to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity, including anyone who causes a covered data center to be constructed, installed, operated, or maintained.
Makes violations subject to the civil and criminal penalties and enforcement requirements applicable under the Edgerton City Code or other applicable law.
Provides that the ordinance’s restrictions control over conflicting provisions of the Edgerton City Code or other applicable rules and regulations.
Requires the proposed ordinance to be enacted without alteration by the governing body or submitted to Edgerton voters for approval; it takes effect upon publication or voter approval, as applicable.
If adopted, prevents the City Council from amending or repealing the ordinance for 10 years unless voters amend or abolish it sooner.
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