Data center restrictions tracker · Indiana

Madison County Plan Commission, Indiana: data center moratorium (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Madison County Plan Commission, in Madison County, Indiana, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 17, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "Citizens Action Coalition and 27 public-interest organizations pushed Madison County to adopt a data center moratorium at the May 12 Plan Commission meeting, part of a statewide local-moratorium campaign. Outcome not confirmed. RESOLVED… (datacentertracker.org)."

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ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedJune 17, 2026county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Madison County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

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Indiana context

Indiana has 38 documented local actions across 34 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a tax action (enacted, March 12, 2026) and Indiana Michigan Power territory has a large-load tariff (in force, February 19, 2025).

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.

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