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.
Jessamine County
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Pro-Data Center Policies
Jessamine County has enacted a temporary pause on accepting, reviewing, or approving data-center applications under its zoning ordinance, blocking new projects while it lasts. Officials expected three to six months, but no definite end date is stated.
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current law · Unincorporated areasPauses the Jessamine County Planning Commission’s acceptance, review, and approval of data-center applications under the county zoning ordinance.Jessamine County Fiscal Court Data Center Moratorium Ordinance (2026)
What this means
The county enacted a moratorium stopping the planning commission from accepting, reviewing, or approving data-center applications under the county zoning ordinance (moratorium on applications). That would block new projects in the county while it is in effect; officials expected it to last three to six months, but the notice does not state a definite end date (expected duration).
Timing
The Jessamine County Fiscal Court enacted an ordinance creating a moratorium on the Planning Commission’s acceptance, processing, review, and approval of data-center applications. The ordinance summary does not state an expiration date or ending condition. A news report said the moratorium was expected to last three to six months, but that was an expectation rather than a specified expiration term.
People behind it
- Jessamine County Fiscal Court
Enacted the ordinance creating a moratorium on the Planning Commission’s acceptance, processing, review, and approval of data-center applications.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Jessamine County enacted a moratorium on the Planning Commission’s acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications for data centers under the county zoning ordinance. The moratorium applies to the county and does not apply to Nicholasville or Wilmore, which would need to adopt their own measures. Creation of a Moratorium on the Planning Commission’s Acceptance, Processing, Review, and Approval of Applications for Data Centers
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The P-1 Professional Office zone expressly permits computer and data processing centers as a principal use, allowing qualifying data-center facilities to locate and operate there without a conditional-use approval under the listed use provision.
The B-3 Highway Mixed Use Business District expressly permits computer and data processing centers as a professional-office or business use, subject to the district’s requirements, including a 100-foot or six-story maximum building height and a 50-foot minimum front yard.
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