Data center restrictions tracker · Missouri

Camdenton Board of Aldermen, Missouri: data center moratorium (2026)

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

Camdenton Board of Aldermen, in Camden County, Missouri, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 5, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "Camdenton Board of Aldermen approved a 12-month moratorium and rescinded support for an opportunity zone tied to a proposed data center. Police turned away ~25 people from city hall due to fire-occupancy limits. Moratorium cites inadequacy… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedMay 5, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.org

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

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Missouri context

Missouri has 28 documented local actions across 26 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, Evergy territory has a large-load tariff (enacted, November 13, 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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