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 Prineville
Slightly Anti-Data Center Policies
Oregon’s rules limit some tax incentives and impose higher rates, long-term contracts, and other costs on large data centers served by covered utilities; temporary permitting and state-land pauses can delay certain projects, but do not ban development statewide.
Rating and summary from Oregon statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Prineville.
current law · City of PrinevilleExpands Prineville’s urban growth boundary and amends the comprehensive plan and zoning.Prineville Ordinance 1210 (2014)
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Expands the Urban Growth Boundary to include the property identified in the ordinance, making it eligible for urban development subject to applicable requirements.
Changes the Comprehensive Plan designation for the included property to an industrial designation, supporting development of industrial facilities such as data centers.
Amends the zoning designation for the included property to industrial zoning, allowing development under the city’s industrial zoning regulations rather than the prior designation.
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