City of Imperial, in Imperial County, California, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 20, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.
The record reads: "On May 20, 2026, the City of Imperial council voted 4-0 to direct staff to return with a moratorium on hyperscale data centers within city limits; the item returned June 3 with the council moving to advance it (Mayor Ida Obeso: 'we have a… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | pending | May 20, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Imperial County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Imperial County
California context
California has 19 documented local actions across 17 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for California 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.