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.
Town of Middleborough
Mixed Data Center Policies
Massachusetts requires covered data-center projects above 25 megawatts to meet community-benefit and environmental safeguards for permits, while qualifying large projects can receive conditional tax breaks. Grid initiatives may support reliability, but their benefits are indirect; applications for the tax incentive are currently paused.
Rating and summary from Massachusetts statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Town of Middleborough.
pending · Town of MiddleboroughWould prohibit data centers in every Middleborough zoning district and define what qualifies as a data center.Massachusetts Middleborough Data Center Zoning Amendment Draft (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the proposal would list data centers as prohibited in every zoning district, blocking new facilities and effectively preventing expansions or continued operation as data centers. The proposal includes no stated exception or incentive.
People behind it
- Planning Board
Sponsor of the proposed zoning amendment prohibiting data centers.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Article 14 proposes banning data centers in every listed zoning district: RA, RB, RR, B, I, GU, GUX, GUA, GUB, and CD. It defines data centers broadly to include facilities housing servers, storage and networking systems, cooling and power equipment, backup generators, and related infrastructure; the proposal was submitted for a Special Town Meeting vote on November 9, 2026. The proposed prohibition of data centers
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