City of Lawrence, in Douglas County, Kansas, adopted a data-center moratorium on July 14, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "The Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved a 2-year moratorium on large-scale data centers, extended from an originally proposed 1-year moratorium, and initiated a text amendment to close a by-right zoning loophole. This is a City… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | July 14, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Douglas County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Kansas context
Kansas has 15 documented local actions across 15 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Kansas 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.