The Data Center Divide
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Le Sueur County
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Le Sueur County’s enacted ordinance temporarily blocks new data centers and related permit applications in unincorporated areas for 12 months while the county studies rules. It excludes incorporated cities and businesses’ internal server rooms.
Rating from Minnesota statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Le Sueur County.
Specific to Le Sueur County only.
current law · Unincorporated areasProhibits new data centers and related permit applications in unincorporated Le Sueur County for up to 12 months while the county studies rules for them.Le Sueur County Interim Ordinance Establishing a Moratorium on the Permitting of Data Centers Within Le Sueur County (2026)
What this means
The measure would block new data centers and related permit applications in unincorporated Le Sueur County for 12 months while the county studies future rules (moratorium and duration). That is a major temporary barrier, though it does not cover incorporated cities and excludes businesses’ internal server rooms.
Timing
- Ends
- twelve (12) months from the date of adoption
The moratorium may be earlier repealed or extended as permitted under Minn. Stat. § 394.34.
People behind it
- David Preisler
Moved to adopt the interim ordinance.
- Steve Rohlfing
Seconded the motion to adopt the interim ordinance.
- Le Sueur County Board of Commissioners
Adopted the interim ordinance.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
For 12 months from adoption, unless earlier repealed or extended, no new data center may be established, constructed, or permitted in the unincorporated areas of Le Sueur County, and related land-use or zoning permit applications may not be accepted, processed, or approved. The measure defines a data center as a facility whose primary purpose is commercial digital-data storage, management, or processing for external clients or tenants; internal IT rooms and server rooms used solely for a business’s own operations are excluded.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions2
The moratorium applies only in the county’s unincorporated areas; it does not prohibit data centers in incorporated areas under this ordinance. within the unincorporated areas
Internal IT rooms, server rooms, and technology spaces used solely to support a business’s own operations are excluded from the Data Center definition, so the moratorium does not cover them. used solely to support that business’s internal operations
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