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 Plymouth
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 Plymouth.
pending · Town of PlymouthSets the process for approving and publishing town bylaws; it does not specifically regulate data centers.Town of Plymouth, Massachusetts Zoning Bylaw Amendment — Article 16: Data Centers Zoning (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the measure would pause applications, permits, construction, expansions, and conversions of data centers for one year, creating a substantial delay for new and existing projects (one-year temporary moratorium). The pause is temporary, but it covers nearly every path to building or expanding a data center during that period.
Timing
- Ends
- Oct 16, 2027
The proposed one-year data center moratorium runs from 2026-10-17 through 2027-10-16.
People behind it
- Planning Board
Named as the responsible body for Article 15, the proposed Industrial Zoning Update, in the Fall Annual Town Meeting warrant.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The proposed amendment would impose a one-year moratorium, from October 17, 2026, through October 16, 2027, on applications, permitting, construction, expansion, or conversion of any data center, while the Town develops regulations.
Sources
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