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.
Kearney County
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Kearney County’s enacted resolutions pause accepting or approving data center applications for six months, delaying new projects; the descriptions do not indicate a permanent ban or limits on existing facilities.
Rating from Nebraska statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Kearney County.
Specific to Kearney County only.
current law · County measureEstablishes a six-month moratorium on data centers approved by the Kearney County Board of Commissioners on September 15, 2026.Kearney County Resolution: Six-Month Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
The measure pauses the county’s acceptance or approval of data center applications, and the later source specifies a six-month moratorium (“6-month Data Center Moratorium”). That would substantially delay new projects, though the sources do not show a permanent ban or restrictions on existing data centers.
Timing
- Ends
- 6 months after adoption
The September 15, 2026 action approved a 6-month data center moratorium. The April 7, 2026 minutes also reference moratoria covering crypto mining, other large energy permits, battery energy storage systems, solar farms, wind turbines, and nuclear energy, but do not state their expiration dates.
People behind it
- Nathan Avery
Volunteered as a member of the Data Center Regulations working group.
- Heath Hofstetter
Volunteered as a member of the Data Center Regulations working group.
- Jason Sinsel
Volunteered to assist the Data Center Regulations working group as schedules permit.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
The county approved a moratorium on accepting or approving applications for data centers, crypto mining, other large-energy projects, or battery energy storage systems. Moratorium on accepting or approving ... applications
The county later approved a resolution imposing a six-month data center moratorium. 6-month Data Center Moratorium
Sources
current law · County measureEstablishes a six-month data center moratorium approved by the Kearney County Board of Commissioners on September 15, 2026, but the text does not specify its precise restrictions, affected parties, exceptions, or effective and expiration dates.Kearney County Resolution: Extension of Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the six-month moratorium would pause new data center approvals (six-month Data Center Moratorium), and an earlier record also describes a pause on accepting or approving data center applications (moratorium on accepting or approving). This would delay new projects, though the sources do not say it would stop existing data centers from operating.
Timing
- Ends
- 6 months after adoption
The September 15, 2026 resolution establishes a 6-month data center moratorium. The sources do not state an explicit calendar expiration date.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
A moratorium bars the County from accepting or approving applications for data centers, crypto mining, other large-energy permits, or battery energy storage systems; the September action specifies a six-month duration. moratorium on accepting or approving any data center 6-month Data Center Moratorium
Sources
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