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.
Park County
Pro-Data Center Policies
Wyoming offers sales and use tax exemptions that can reduce costs for qualifying data centers, including some shared facilities. Eligibility depends on meeting investment, purchasing, and job requirements, and occupants may need to meet conditions together.
Rating and summary from Wyoming statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Park County.
Specific to Park County only.
pending · Unincorporated areasProposes broad revisions to Park County’s development framework, including a new official zoning map, changes to subdivision and application procedures, and removal of the Road and Bridge Standards from the DSR, which are being considered separately.Park County 2027 Development Standards and Regulations (proposed)
People behind it
- Park County Board of Commissioners
Considering and proposing adoption of the Park County, Wyoming, 2027 Development Standards and Regulations and conducting the public hearing.
- Park County Planning and Zoning Commission
Certified approval of the 2027 Development Standards and Regulations with recommended modifications.
- Logan Simpson
Consultant hired to lead the update process and prepare the draft Development Standards and Regulations and zoning map.
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- Park County Planning and Zoning Department
Administers and enforces the County’s Development Standards and Regulations and receives public comments on the proposed 2027 regulations.
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In unincorporated Park County, a permit is required before building any structure or commencing a business or other use of property, creating an approval barrier for constructing or operating a data center.
A building/zoning permit is required to locate, relocate, erect, construct, enlarge, or reconstruct a building or structure; changing a building’s use in a way that increases its sewage design flow also requires a permit, and site plan review may be required.
Development proposed in a mapped Special Flood Hazard Area requires a flood development permit, and floodplain permit applications go before the Board of County Commissioners at a public hearing.
Small Wastewater System approval is required before installing new, replacement, emergency, or repaired system components, and County or Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality review is required for disposal of human waste in Park County.
Certain projects require Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety plan review, including buildings over 5,000 square feet with public access, multi-story buildings, places of assembly, and installations or alterations of fire-protection systems or alternative-energy systems.
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