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.
City of Eagan
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Eagan’s enacted temporary moratorium through February 17, 2027, bars new data-center applications and limits construction on existing or approved projects to facilities using no more than 9 megawatts; existing centers may continue operating.
Rating from Minnesota statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Eagan.
current law · City of EaganTemporarily blocks permits and approvals for new or expanded data centers meeting the ordinance’s size or residential-proximity criteria while Eagan studies regulations, through February 17, 2027.Eagan Interim Ordinance / Ordinance No. 643, 2nd Series (2026) — introduced/adopted by the Eagan City Council
What this means
The measure creates a temporary moratorium through February 17, 2027, barring new data-center applications and limiting construction for existing or approved projects to facilities using no more than 9 megawatts (moratorium restrictions). That makes building or expanding data centers substantially harder during the study, although it does not prohibit the continued operation of existing centers.
Timing
- Ends
- Feb 17, 2027
The moratorium ends on this date unless the City Council ends it sooner.
People behind it
- Eagan City Council
Directed preparation of the ordinance and adopted the interim moratorium.
- City of Eagan
Administering the study and community engagement on potential data-center regulations.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements6
A temporary moratorium applies citywide through February 17, 2027, unless the City Council ends it sooner; it covers data centers that use more than 20 megawatts of electricity or are proposed within 500 feet of property zoned or guided for residential use. The covered data-center definition
Building permits generally may not be issued for construction, reconstruction, alteration, or expansion of structures or improvements to the extent related to establishing or operating a covered data center. Exceptions include necessary repairs, certain commercial, industrial, or business-park work, and work for an existing or approved data-center project only if it will not allow the center to use more than 9 megawatts of electricity. The building-permit restrictions and exceptions
During the moratorium, rezoning proposals—including planned-development amendments or concepts—and comprehensive-plan amendments may not be recommended for approval or approved. The rezoning and plan-amendment restriction
Conditional-use permits and variances may not be recommended for approval or approved during the moratorium. The permit and variance restriction
Property may not be replatted or subdivided during the moratorium, except to consolidate parcels under single ownership. The replatting and subdivision restriction
Applications to establish or expand a data center may not be accepted, processed, or approved during the moratorium. The application restriction
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
The building-permit restriction does not apply to construction, alteration, expansion, or equipment installation for an existing or approved data-center project, provided the work will not allow the center to use more than 9 megawatts of electricity (ordinance text). Necessary repairs to existing structures are also exempt from the permit restriction (ordinance text).
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