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.
Guilford 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 Guilford County.
Specific to Guilford County only.
pending · County measureProposes a 180-day moratorium on development approvals for new or expanded data centers, with potential exemptions, but the available record provides no exemption criteria, scope, thresholds, obligations, or legal effects.Guilford County, North Carolina Proposed 180-Day Moratorium on Development Approvals for New or Expanded Data Centers (File 2026-439)
What this means
If enacted, the proposed 180-day moratorium on approvals for new or expanded data centers would pause covered projects and create substantial delays. Possible exemptions could reduce the impact, but the source does not specify them.
Timing
- Ends
- 180 days after adoption
The proposed measure concerns a 180-day moratorium on development approvals for new or expanded data centers, with potential exemptions. The source does not specify which exemptions would apply.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The measure proposes a 180-day moratorium on development approvals for new or expanded data centers, with potential exemptions; the source identifies this as a public-hearing proposal rather than confirming adoption.
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