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.
Marion County
Neutral Data Center Policies
Missouri requires some large electricity users, including data centers, to pay rates reflecting their share of service costs, while qualifying projects can receive substantial tax breaks if they meet investment and job requirements. A state order calls for study and recommendations but does not itself change operating rules.
Rating and summary from Missouri statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Marion County.
Specific to Marion County only.
repealed · Unincorporated areasRequires energy projects of 5 megawatts or more to be zoned industrial and have an environmental agreement; it does not yet set data-center-specific rules, which a county task force is studying.Marion County, Missouri 12-month Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
The changes do not directly regulate data centers, and the task force is only studying possible future rules. The new zoning and environmental-agreement requirements could add steps for large energy projects serving data centers, but the county also lifted its moratorium, so the overall effect appears limited and roughly balanced (energy projects of 5 megawatts or more; voted to lift the existing moratorium).
People behind it
- Lacey Miller
Proposed the amendment requiring energy projects of 5 megawatts or more to be zoned M-1 industrial, with an exception for projects serving a home, business, or farmstead.
- J. David Lomax
Seconded Miller’s amendment.
- Marion County Commission
Approved the revisions and adopted the revised Land Use Order.
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