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The Data Center Divide

Durbin Township

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Slightly Pro-Data Center Policies

Durbin Township has enacted a one-year pause on data center development while it reviews zoning rules, temporarily limiting construction or expansion of industrial-scale projects.

Rating from North Dakota statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Durbin Township.

current law · Durbin Township
The Durbin Township Board unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on industrial developments including data centers at its October 14, 2026 meeting, according to InForum's same-day report.Durbin Township One-Year Moratorium on Data Centers and Large Industrial Energy Uses (2026)

What this means

The proposed one-year moratorium would pause data center development in Durbin Township while the township reviews its zoning rules (a one-year moratorium). It covers industrial-scale projects, including data centers, so it would create a substantial temporary barrier to building or expanding one there.

Timing

InForum reports a one-year moratorium adopted October 14, 2026. An anniversary around October 2027 is an estimate only; exact commencement and expiration dates are unverified. Sarah Wear advised that a moratorium can always be extended or cut short with a special meeting and lawful notice. That is counsel's advice, not a verified clause of the adopted measure or evidence of a later amendment.

People behind it

  • Adopting body; InForum reports it unanimously passed a one-year moratorium.

  • Board chairman quoted explaining the purpose of the pause; identified as Board Chairman Keith Gohdes.

  • Board supervisors identified in October 7 meeting coverage as Durbin Township Board Supervisors Andy Sprenger and Joel Baumgarten. Individual October 14 roll-call votes were not independently obtained.

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  • Township counsel; InForum describes Attorney Sarah Wear, advising the township. Her advice is distinguished from adopted provisions.

  • Township zoning administrator who explained zoning and conditional-use procedures; identified as Mike Blevins, zoning administrator with Durbin Township.

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  • Reported one-year pause on industrial development including data centers: the board unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on industrial developments including data centers. Adopted text was not obtained, so the precise treatment of pending applications, existing facilities, expansions, and enforcement is unverified.

  • Reported broader scope includes data center and cryptocurrency mining facilities, solar energy facilities, wind facilities and battery energy storage systems, as well as industrial, municipal and commercial pipelines. These are reported components of the adopted pause, not new permanent zoning standards.

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  • No affirmative data-center incentive or approval pathway is established by the obtained sources. As a limited infrastructure carveout, InForum reports high voltage transmission lines were also discussed but ultimately left out. This is not permission to build a data center. The same report attributes the statement that transmission lines are already regulated and require conditional-use permits to counsel; those underlying rules were not independently verified.

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