Royalton, in Windsor County, Vermont, adopted a data-center moratorium on March 3, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Royalton, Vermont, voters approved a five-year moratorium on AI and crypto data centers via show-of-hands vote at Town Meeting Day. About 154 of the town's registered voters participated. No data centers have been proposed for the town… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | March 3, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Windsor County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Vermont context
Vermont has 1 documented local action across 1 jurisdiction in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Vermont 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.