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.
Harper County
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 Harper County.
Specific to Harper County only.
expired · Unincorporated areasTemporarily bars new data center and cryptocurrency-mining projects in unincorporated Harper County while officials review and update local rules, through June 11, 2027.Harper County Resolution No. 2026-05
What this means
The resolution would temporarily block new data-center permits and construction in unincorporated Harper County until June 11, 2027, while the county reviews its rules (it would not accept or process permit applications). That makes building or expanding a facility substantially harder during the moratorium, but it does not expressly shut down existing data centers.
People behind it
- Board of County Commissioners of Harper County
Adopted the resolution. “ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS”
- Planning & Zoning Administrator
Directed not to accept or process specified applications and, if data centers are allowed, to prepare criteria and recommend zoning changes or conditions. “shall not accept nor process applications”
- Harper County Planning & Zoning Board
Instructed to review current zoning regulations and determine whether data center projects should be prohibited or allowed. “instructed to undertake a comprehensive review”
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- Harper County Planning and Zoning Department
Directed, with the Planning Commission, to review and update the comprehensive plan and consider zoning text amendments. “directed to review and update Harper County Comprehensive Plan”
- Harper County Planning Commission
Directed, with the Planning and Zoning Department, to review and update the comprehensive plan and consider zoning text amendments. “The Harper County Planning Commission”
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The notice identifies a moratorium extension through the exact linked title “2026-05 Extending Data Center Moratorium”. Specific prohibitions, covered activities, exceptions, territory, and enforcement provisions are unverified because the original text is inaccessible.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
None verified from the accessible notice; original operative text is unavailable. This is not a finding that no such provisions exist.
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