Data center restrictions tracker · Wisconsin

Dodge County Board of Supervisors, Wisconsin: data center moratorium (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Dodge County Board of Supervisors, Wisconsin, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 22, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "Dodge County Board of Supervisors voted 29-2 for an 18-month pause on data center development to allow drafting of a county ordinance. One outlet (Daily Dodge) disputes whether the vote was a binding moratorium or merely advisory. (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedJune 22, 2026county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: county. County: Dodge County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

Wisconsin context

Wisconsin has 36 documented local actions across 31 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Wisconsin 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.

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