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.
Yadkin County
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Slightly Pro-Data Center Policies
Yadkin County has an enacted 12-month data-center moratorium that temporarily blocks or delays development; the description calls it proposed, but does not explain effects on existing facilities or exceptions.
Rating from North Carolina statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Yadkin County.
Specific to Yadkin County only.
current law · County measureSchedules a public hearing on August 17, 2026, to consider an ordinance establishing a 12-month moratorium on data centers.Yadkin County Temporary Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the proposed 12-month moratorium for data centers would temporarily block or delay data center development in the county. The report does not say whether it would affect existing facilities or what exceptions might apply.
Timing
- Ends
- twelve months
The report refers to an ordinance setting a twelve-month moratorium on data centers. It only approves setting a public hearing to address the ordinance and does not state an adoption date or specific calendar expiration date.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
A public hearing was set for August 17, 2026, to consider an ordinance imposing a 12-month moratorium on data centers; the source does not state that the moratorium had been enacted.
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