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.
City of Lincolnton
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Slightly Pro-Data Center Policies
Lincolnton has temporarily paused accepting, processing, or approving data-center applications until January 1, 2027, delaying new projects and expansions; this is not a permanent ban.
Rating from North Carolina statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Lincolnton.
current law · City of LincolntonEstablishes a moratorium until January 1, 2027, blocking the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications for data centers and data-processing facilities under the council’s action.North Carolina Lincolnton Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
The measure would temporarily stop the city from accepting, processing, or approving data-center applications until January 1, 2027, making new projects and expansions substantially harder during that period (moratorium to Jan. 1, 2027). It is a temporary pause, not a permanent ban, and the city plans to develop rules for later consideration.
Timing
- Ends
- Jan 1, 2027
The moratorium expires on 2027-01-01. It may be extended if the city exhausts its efforts and still fails to develop a text amendment to the ordinance.
People behind it
- Jill Tipton
Introduced a motion for a six-month moratorium on data-center applications.
- Kevin Demeny
Introduced the motion that extended the moratorium through January 1, 2027.
- City Planning Department
Recommended the moratorium and was assigned to develop a related text amendment.
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- Lincolnton Planning Board
Recommended a one-year moratorium on data-center applications.
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Moratorium on the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications for data centers or data processing facilities until January 1, 2027; the moratorium may be extended if the City has not completed a text amendment after exhausting its efforts. moratorium to Jan. 1, 2027
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