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.
Halifax County
Neutral Data Center Policies
Halifax County’s enacted amendment changes metal-manufacturing rules, not data-center rules; data and technology centers are already listed in zoning, so it adds no meaningful new benefit or barrier for them.
current law · County measureThis ordinance amended Halifax County’s M-1 industrial zoning district to allow data and technology centers by right.Halifax County Ordinance 2023-8
What this means
The amendment changes rules for metal manufacturing, not data centers. The zoning list already includes data and technology centers, so this measure creates no meaningful new benefit or barrier for building, expanding, or operating them.
People behind it
- Halifax County Ordinance Committee
Recommended the amendment to Chapter 53, Section 53-353, and considered Ordinance 2023-8.
- Supervisor Ronnie E. Duffey
Introduced the motion to approve Ordinance 2023-8.
- Supervisor Stanley Brandon
Seconded the motion to approve Ordinance 2023-8.
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- Halifax County Board of Supervisors
Adopted Ordinance 2023-8, amending the M-1 zoning use regulations.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements3
Data and technology centers are permitted as a matter of right only within the Industrial, Limited, M-1 zoning district under the listed M-1 uses.
M-1 uses, including data centers, are prohibited if they may be injurious or noxious because of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration, glare, noise, or another condition deemed hazardous to the county’s health, welfare, or safety.
Nonconforming M-1 uses are not permitted to expand their facilities.
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In the Industrial, Limited (M-1) zoning district, data and technology centers are expressly permitted as a matter of right, so they do not require a conditional use permit, subject to all other applicable zoning requirements. Data and technology centers
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