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Avery County

Slightly Pro-Data Center Policies

North Carolina offers eligible data centers conditional tax savings on equipment, but electricity is no longer tax-exempt after the transition, raising costs for affected operators. The state also requires quarterly electricity-tax reporting; task forces study energy and water impacts but impose no direct operating rules.

Rating and summary from North Carolina statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Avery County.

Specific to Avery County only.

pending · County measure

Proposes a moratorium on data centers, cryptocurrency-mining facilities, and similar uses in Avery County to allow evaluation of their effects on utility capacity, environmental resources, public health, and other public concerns, while the county considers potential regulatory standards or amendments.Avery County Proposed Data Center Moratorium Ordinance (2026)

What this means

The proposed moratorium would pause data center development while the county reviews impacts and considers new rules, creating a significant barrier and delay. The sources do not state how long it would last, and the hearing was postponed, so its actual duration and terms are unclear (proposed moratorium).

Timing

The sources describe a proposed ordinance imposing a moratorium on data centers, cryptocurrency mining, and similar uses, but do not state an expiration date, ending condition, or extension provision.

People behind it

Avery County Board of Commissioners
County governing body conducting the public hearing and considering the proposed ordinance imposing the moratorium.

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A proposed moratorium would temporarily prohibit the development of data centers, cryptocurrency-mining facilities, and similar uses in Avery County while the County considers their impacts and possible future regulations.

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