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The Data Center Divide

Jackson County

This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.

Neutral Data Center Policies

Jackson County has enacted a 180-day pause on accepting, reviewing, and approving applications for data center construction or expansion, including related building permits; it does not expressly halt existing operations.

Rating from Missouri statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Jackson County.

Specific to Jackson County only.

current law · County measure
Pauses Jackson County’s acceptance, review, and approval of applications and permits for building or expanding data centers for 180 days.Jackson County Ordinance 6074 (2026)

What this means

The measure would pause for 180 days the acceptance, review, and approval of applications for data center construction and expansion, including related building permits (180-day moratorium). That would substantially delay new projects and expansions, though it does not expressly stop existing data centers from operating.

Timing

Ends
180 days after the ordinance’s effective date, which is upon the County Executive’s signature

The document does not provide the signature date, so a calendar expiration date cannot be determined. The ordinance imposes a 180-day moratorium; it states that it is effective immediately upon the County Executive’s signature.

People behind it

  • Listed as a sponsor and identified as one of the legislators who introduced the ordinance.

  • Listed as a sponsor of the ordinance.

  • Listed as a sponsor of the ordinance.

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  • Listed as a sponsor and identified as one of the legislators who introduced the ordinance.

  • Listed as a sponsor of the ordinance.

  • Listed as a sponsor of the ordinance.

  • Listed as a sponsor of the ordinance.

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  • A 180-day moratorium bars Jackson County from accepting, processing, or approving rezoning applications, conditional-use permits, special-use permits, site plans, and building permits for the construction, establishment, or expansion of data centers (and battery energy storage system facilities). It takes effect upon the County Executive’s signature. 180-day moratorium

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Specific to Jackson County only.

failed · County measure
Would have imposed a temporary pause on data center development while county agencies created rules for their siting, construction, expansion, and operation, but the resolution was withdrawn.Jackson County Resolution 22323 (2026)

What this means

The proposal would pause data center siting, construction, expansion, and operation while the county develops a regulatory framework, creating a major barrier to projects. The provided text does not state how long the pause would last, and the measure is listed as withdrawn, so this score assesses its effect if enacted, not its current legal effect.

Timing

The measure expressly establishes a moratorium, but the provided text does not state its expiration date or ending condition. The measure is listed as withdrawn.

People behind it

  • County Legislator and explicitly identified sponsor who introduced Resolution No. 22323

  • Directed to help develop and implement the framework and administer the measure

  • Directed to help develop and implement the framework and administer the measure

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  • Directed to help develop and implement the framework and administer the measure

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  • Establishes a moratorium directing the County Executive, Department of Public Works, and relevant County departments to suspend data-center development activities while the County develops policies and standards governing future facilities.

Sources

failed · County measure
Pauses Jackson County’s processing of data-center land-use applications for 180 days while the county develops long-term rules; a separate, broader moratorium proposal was withdrawn.Jackson County Ordinance 6087 (2026)

What this means

The adopted measure creates a 180-day pause on processing data center land-use applications, delaying new projects while the County develops policy. The separate, broader proposal is listed as withdrawn, so its additional requirements are not part of this score.

Timing

Ends
180 days after adoption

Ordinance 6074 establishes a 180-day moratorium on processing data center and Battery Energy Storage System land use applications. Ordinance 6087 proposed a separate 365-day data-center moratorium but was withdrawn and did not become operative.

People behind it

  • Named sponsor of Ordinance No. 6074 and one of the legislators who introduced it.

  • Named sponsor of Ordinance No. 6074 and sponsor and introducing legislator of Ordinance No. 6087.

  • Named sponsor of Ordinance No. 6074.

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  • Named sponsor of Ordinance No. 6074 and one of the legislators who introduced it.

  • Named sponsor of Ordinance No. 6074.

  • Named sponsor of Ordinance No. 6074.

  • Named sponsor of Ordinance No. 6074.

  • The governmental entity directed by Ordinance No. 6087 to commission or conduct the required data-center impact study and develop policy recommendations.

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  • Ordinance 6074 imposes a 180-day moratorium on Jackson County processing land-use applications for data centers and Battery Energy Storage System facilities while the County develops longer-term regulations.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have imposed a 365-day moratorium, effective immediately, on approval, permitting, rezoning, construction, expansion, or development of any new data center, unless ended earlier or extended by the County Legislature.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have required a public hearing on the moratorium and future data-center regulations, with the hearing scheduled for June 1, 2026.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have required an independent County study of data-center impacts and policy recommendations before the moratorium expired or was renewed, including utility capacity, water use, environmental effects, noise, infrastructure, public safety, economic impacts, and zoning standards.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have required a proposing corporation or developer to complete an independent environmental-impact study before any future data-center approval and provide it to the County, municipalities, utilities, and the public at least 90 days before a related public hearing or vote.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have required data-center developers to coordinate with all appropriate utility providers and ensure that customers in the affected region receive notice of the proposed project and its anticipated utility impacts.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have required a detailed Utility Impact Agreement addressing expected electricity and water use, peak loads, infrastructure upgrades, capacity, customer financial impacts, possible rate impacts, mitigation, monitoring, operational thresholds, overages, and enforcement.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have made the developer solely responsible for planning, development, construction, mitigation, and infrastructure costs if the data center required additional generation facilities, substations, transmission infrastructure, or related utility infrastructure.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have prohibited approval, authorization, incentives, or construction in Jackson County of a new power plant, electrical-generation facility, or major utility-infrastructure project associated with a data center without prior County Legislature approval following public notice and a hearing.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have required a formal Community Benefit Agreement addressing items such as infrastructure improvements, environmental mitigation, workforce development, community investment, and public transparency.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have required a Local Workforce Agreement before final project approval, including local hiring and contracting goals, apprenticeship and training opportunities, outreach to underserved communities, and workforce-participation reporting.

  • Withdrawn Ordinance 6087 would have required a comprehensive emergency-response and hazardous-materials plan identifying onsite hazardous materials, containment procedures, specialized equipment and training, and coordination with emergency-management agencies.

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