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.
Montgomery 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 Montgomery County.
Specific to Montgomery County only.
pending · County measureThe available materials do not establish the proposed moratorium’s purpose, scope, legal effect, obligations, exceptions, thresholds, duration, or implementation status.Montgomery County, North Carolina Proposed Ordinance Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on Certain Development Approvals for Large-Scale Data Centers and Related High-Impact Facilities (2026)
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