Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, Iowa, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 23, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Woodbury County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 for a 12-month moratorium on data center applications in unincorporated county land, prompted by the town of Salix's April annexation of ~900 acres that MidAmerican Energy confirmed is being… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | June 23, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Woodbury County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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Iowa context
Iowa has 35 documented local actions across 32 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Iowa 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.