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.
Cache County
Anti-Data Center Policies
Cache County’s ordinance is labeled enacted, though its description says “if enacted”; it pauses new data-center applications in unincorporated areas for 180 days, while complete applications may proceed and incomplete ones are suspended.
current law · Unincorporated areasThis ordinance establishes a 180-day moratorium on accepting, reviewing, or processing applications for data centers, data center power plants, and related digital infrastructure in unincorporated Cache County.Cache County Ordinance 2026-32 (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the ordinance would pause new data-center and related infrastructure applications across all zones in unincorporated Cache County for 180 days, a major short-term barrier (180-day application pause). Applications already formally found complete could proceed, but incomplete applications would be suspended, so the measure is severe but temporary rather than a permanent ban.
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