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.
Wright County
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Wright County’s enacted ordinance pauses data-center zoning and land-use permit applications for one year, delaying new projects and expansions that need those approvals. Existing data centers may continue operating.
Rating from Minnesota statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Wright County.
Specific to Wright County only.
current law · Areas under Wright County zoning and permitting jurisdiction (generally unincorporated areas)Prohibits Wright County from accepting, processing, or approving data center zoning and land-use applications for one year, unless the county ends the moratorium sooner.Wright County Interim Ordinance 26-2 — Instituting an Emergency Moratorium on Data Centers
What this means
As written, the county would stop accepting, processing, or approving data-center zoning and land-use permit applications for one year, creating a substantial delay for new projects and expansions needing those approvals (one-year restriction on applications). It does not bar existing data centers from operating, but the temporary moratorium is a severe development restriction.
Timing
- Ends
- one year from the effective date
The Board may terminate the moratorium earlier by resolution if it determines the reasons for the interim ordinance no longer exist.
People behind it
- Wright County Board of Commissioners
Adopted and enacted Interim Ordinance No. 26-2, instituting the emergency moratorium on data centers.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
For one year from the ordinance’s effective date, Wright County may not accept, process, or approve new or pending zoning, rezoning, or land-use permit applications for data centers, including interim or conditional-use permits. The Board may end the moratorium earlier by resolution if it determines the reasons for it no longer exist. The temporary restrictions
The moratorium applies to pending and future zoning applications and covers a broad definition of data centers: buildings or facilities principally used for digital information operations, together with related accessory offices, generators, cooling or storage systems, utilities, and other infrastructure. The term “data center”
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