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.
Washington County
Anti-Data Center Policies
Washington County’s enacted resolution temporarily bars data centers from approval, construction, or operation through June 30, 2027, while exempting ordinary businesses using data-processing equipment internally.
current law · Unincorporated areasThis county resolution imposes an immediate moratorium through June 30, 2027, on the location, construction, operation, permitting, vesting, and utility extensions for data center facilities in Washington County, including AI, cryptocurrency-mining, and blockchain-computing facilities.Washington County Resolution No. 26-03-02 (2026)
What this means
If enacted, this would block data centers across Washington County from getting approvals, building, or operating until June 30, 2027—a temporary ban lasting about 15 months (“forbidding the location, construction, operation”). It exempts ordinary businesses that use data-processing equipment internally, but otherwise would make new data centers and expansions substantially harder during the moratorium.
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