Buncombe County, North Carolina, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 2, 2023. Its status in this snapshot is expired.
The record reads: "Buncombe County (Asheville area) unanimously passed a 1-year moratorium on cryptocurrency mining on May 2, 2023. Extended in May 2024 for another year through May 2025. The county developed permanent regulations to replace the moratorium.… (datacentertracker.org)."
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| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | expired | May 2, 2023 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Buncombe County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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North Carolina context
North Carolina has 49 documented local actions across 47 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for North Carolina 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.