Durham City Council, in Durham County, North Carolina, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 4, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Durham City Council passed a 60-day moratorium on hyperscale data centers. Council Member Nate Baker: 'Durham is the first, not the only, of North Carolina's major communities to do this.' He pushed for at least a 24-month moratorium… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | May 4, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Durham County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Durham County
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.