Fluvanna County, Virginia, adopted a data-center moratorium on November 19, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
Fluvanna County, Virginia, adopted a data-center moratorium on September 17, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is replaced.
The records read: "Fluvanna County, Virginia, enacted a moratorium on data center development while studying zoning changes to address proposals spreading from Louisa and Albemarle counties. The Planning Commission voted 5-0 to strip data centers of by-right… (datacentertracker.org)." "Data-center moratorium running to a set end date, adopted 2025-09-17, since replaced by permanent regulations (Moratorium Nation)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | November 19, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Moratorium | restriction | replaced | September 17, 2025 | county-wide | Moratorium Nation (ALEA Institute) |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Fluvanna County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Virginia context
Virginia has 29 documented local actions across 27 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a tax action (enacted, June 30, 2026), the state has a ratepayer-protection law (enacted), Dominion Energy territory has a large-load tariff (enacted, July 31, 2026), and Dominion Energy (GS-5) territory has a large-load tariff (enacted, November 25, 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.