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 East Bethel
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
East Bethel bars data centers in business flex buildings; this restriction applies only to that type of building.
Rating from Minnesota statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of East Bethel.
current law · City of East BethelPauses new data center development and certain expansions in Isanti for 12 months while the city studies how to regulate them.City of Isanti data center moratorium (2026)
What this means
The Isanti measure would pause applications for new data centers and expansions that increase size, power use, water use, or capacity across the city for 12 months, a substantial delay while the city studies possible rules. East Bethel would also bar data centers from business flex buildings, though that restriction applies only to that building type.
Timing
- Ends
- twelve (12) months from the effective date of 2026-09-24
The moratorium remains in effect for twelve months unless repealed or modified by the City Council.
People behind it
- City Council of the City of Isanti
Adopted Ordinance No. 847 establishing a moratorium on new data center development.
- Luke Merrill
Mayor who signed Ordinance No. 847 on behalf of the City of Isanti.
- Jaden Strand
City Clerk and Deputy HR Director who attested to Ordinance No. 847.
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- City Council of the City of East Bethel
Adopted Ordinance No. 2026-02 allowing business flex buildings as a conditional use in the B-3 Highway Commercial District.
- Eric Johnson
East Bethel senior planner identified as the contact for questions about Ordinance No. 2026-02 and responsible for its publication.
- Graphic Homes Inc.
Applicant and property owner proposing the Lucht’s Crossing 5th Addition preliminary/final plat.
- North South Cannabis LLC
Applicant proposing the zoning text amendment to allow indoor cannabis cultivation in the B-Business District.
- Cambridge-Isanti Schools Board of Education
Approved Policies 401, 626, 710, and 903.
- ShipLift LLC
Applicant and business owner filing the assumed name Off-Peak Engineer.
- Andrew LeTourneau
Signed and submitted the assumed-name filing for ShipLift LLC.
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The City of Isanti imposes a 12-month moratorium, effective September 24, 2026, on accepting, processing, reviewing, approving, issuing, or granting applications, permits, licenses, rezonings, conditional-use permits, site-plan approvals, subdivision approvals, building permits, or other land-use entitlements for constructing, expanding, or establishing any new data center.
The Isanti moratorium applies to expansions of existing data centers that increase building area, electrical demand, water consumption, or operational capacity.
East Bethel prohibits data centers among the tenant uses allowed in a Business Flex Building in the B-3 Highway Commercial District.
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