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The Data Center Divide

Linn County

This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.

Mixed Data Center Policies

Linn County has an enacted 12-month pause on data-center applications and permits in unincorporated areas, hindering new construction and permitted expansion; it does not cover incorporated cities or require existing centers to stop operating.

Rating from Kansas statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Linn County.

current law · County measure
The provided material does not identify a data-center-specific regulation or explain what it does.Linn County, Kansas Resolution 2026-17 Amendment (2026)

Sources

Specific to Linn County only.

current law · Unincorporated areas
Pauses new applications and permits for data centers in unincorporated Linn County for 12 months.Linn County, Kansas Resolution 2026-17 (2026)

What this means

The proposed 12-month moratorium would block applications and permits for data centers in unincorporated Linn County, making new construction or permitted expansion substantially harder during that period (12-month moratorium). It does not say existing data centers must stop operating, and it does not apply within incorporated cities.

Timing

Ends
12 months after adoption

The temporary moratorium applies to filing applications or issuing permits for data processing centers, battery energy storage, and bitcoin or cryptocurrency mining facilities in unincorporated areas of the county.

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  • A 12-month moratorium applies in Linn County’s unincorporated areas, prohibiting the filing of applications for or issuance of permits to data processing centers, including data centers.

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