St. Louis, in St. Louis city, Missouri, adopted a data-center moratorium on April 21, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "On April 21, 2026, the St. Louis Board of Public Service unanimously approved the permit for a 120 MW data center adjacent to the historic Armory in Midtown St. Louis, weeks after Mayor Cara Spencer requested the vote be delayed. The… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | April 21, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: St. Louis city. 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.