Little Rock, in Pulaski County, Arkansas, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on June 3, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
Little Rock, in Pulaski County, Arkansas, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on June 1, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The records read: "On June 3, 2026, Little Rock's Board of Directors unanimously approved new citywide data center regulations during an hours-long meeting that featured heavy criticism of a proposed ~$1B Google-backed data center project. (datacentertracker.org)." "AVAIO Digital's 'Project Leo' — a $6B, 760-acre hyperscale data center campus near Little Rock — has broken ground with a fully approved Site Plan. The first phase (150 MW) is expected to be complete and energized by June 2027, with power… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | June 3, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | June 1, 2025 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Pulaski County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Arkansas context
Arkansas has 7 documented local actions across 6 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Arkansas in this snapshot.
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.