Florida local moratoria

Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Florida, current through August 19, 2026.

14 instruments — 12 in force, 2 pending, 0 past.

State policy is tracked separately: 6 actions (6 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.

Detailed entries

Citrus County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Adopted 2026-05-26 by the Board of County Commissioners at a public hearing, 5-0 vote; staff had been directed on 2026-05-12 to prepare the ordinance for that meeting.
• Normalized date: 2026-05-26 (exact)
• Duration: In effect for 12 months from its effective date or until related county regulations take effect, whichever occurs first.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-citrus-county-2026
• Legal basis: Citrus County Ordinance No. 2026-02
• What prompted it: County-initiated pause pending development of local data-center regulations; more than 40 public speakers attended the May 26 hearing.
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active moratorium halting construction/expansion approvals, building permits, development orders, and rezonings for data center facilities in unincorporated Citrus County.
• Outcome: —

Clay County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Adopted 2026-06-23 by the Board of County Commissioners, 4-1 vote, following a first hearing 2026-06-09.
• Normalized date: 2026-06-23 (exact)
• Duration: One-year moratorium in unincorporated Clay County.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-clay-county-2026
• Legal basis: Clay County ordinance (ordinance number not located in reviewed sources); the official agenda title describes the measure as pausing acceptance, review, or approval of applications for land-use amendments to the Clay County 2045 Comprehensive Plan related to data-center facilities.
• What prompted it: More than an hour of public testimony at the final hearing.
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active; the official scope is narrower (comprehensive-plan land-use amendments) than some news descriptions of a blanket permit freeze, and that narrower scope should be preferred.
• Outcome: —

Hernando County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Adopted 2026-06-23 at second public hearing (first hearing 2026-06-02); Florida Department of State acknowledged filing 2026-06-24.
• Normalized date: 2026-06-23 (exact)
• Duration: 365-day moratorium on development orders and permits for data centers in unincorporated Hernando County, subject to exemptions and prospective-application provisions; can end early if permanent regulations take effect, and can be extended once for no more than 120 days.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-hernando-county-2026
• Legal basis: Hernando County Ordinance 2026-15
• What prompted it: —
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active 365-day moratorium; filed with the Florida Department of State 2026-06-24.
• Outcome: —

Lakeland

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-03, City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 26-018 by a 4-3 vote.
• Normalized date: 2026-08-03 (exact)
• Duration: One year from 2026-08-03, unless amended or repealed sooner. Covers new data centers and large-load customers with anticipated peak demand of 50 MW or more while the City reviews its planning and land-development rules.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-lakeland-undated
• Legal basis: City of Lakeland Ordinance No. 26-018, adopted 2026-08-03 by a 4-3 vote
• What prompted it: Followed community opposition to Project Swan, a proposed approximately 600,000-square-foot data center.
• Affected projects: Project Swan (proposed approximately 600,000 sq ft data center; Kimley-Horn on behalf of Ryan Companies U.S., Inc.)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-08-19. The City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 26-018 4-3 on 2026-08-03, pausing acceptance, processing, review, and approval of covered applications for one year.
• Outcome: Ordinance No. 26-018 is effective immediately and pauses new covered applications while the City considers permanent rules.

Lynn Haven

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Adopted 2026-06-23 by City Commission.
• Normalized date: 2026-06-23 (exact)
• Duration: Interim pause on accepting, processing, reviewing, or acting on data-center applications, lasting until the earlier of final action on a separate proposed one-year moratorium ordinance or sixty days after this resolution's adoption (on or about 2026-08-22).
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-lynn-haven-2026
• Legal basis: City of Lynn Haven Resolution 2026-06-561
• What prompted it: Adopted while a separate one-year moratorium ordinance (staff directed to draft it on 2026-06-09) proceeded through the adoption process; this resolution is a distinct interim instrument from that still-pending ordinance.
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active interim pause; the separate one-year ordinance had not been shown as finally adopted in the reviewed sources.
• Outcome: —

Madison County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously 2026-07-22.
• Normalized date: 2026-07-22 (exact)
• Duration: One-year moratorium on construction and permitting of large-scale data centers while the county develops possible regulations.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-madison-county-2026
• Legal basis: Madison County ordinance (signed ordinance, ordinance number, effective date, and exact expiration date not located in reviewed sources).
• What prompted it: —
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active one-year moratorium. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: —

Nassau County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Adopted on final hearing 2026-06-08 by the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners (motion by Commissioner Gray, seconded by Commissioner Farmer, approved); first reading was 2026-05-11, following direction to draft on 2026-04-13.
• Normalized date: 2026-06-08 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from the effective date, or until an ordinance amending the Comprehensive Plan, Land Development Regulations, and/or Code of Ordinances relating to Data Center Facilities takes effect, whichever occurs first (Ordinance 2026-044, Section 6). Effective date is upon filing with the Florida Secretary of State per s. 125.66.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: fl-nassau-county-2026
• Legal basis: Nassau County Ordinance No. 2026-044, "Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on the Acceptance, Review, or Approval of Applications for Development Permits, Development Orders, Rezoning, or Site Plans Related to Data Centers, Data Processing Facilities, Data Mining or Cryptocurrency Mining Operations ... Within Unincorporated Nassau County, Florida."
• What prompted it: Board directed staff to draft the moratorium in April 2026 to allow time to study and adopt comprehensive-plan and land-development-code provisions for data centers before accepting further applications; a companion resolution (2026-102) created a Fact-Finding Committee on Data Center Development that met repeatedly through June 2026.
• Affected projects: No specific pending project named in the ordinance itself; adopted preemptively alongside the Fact-Finding Committee on Data Center Development.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31. Checked the June 22, July 13, and July 27, 2026 BOCC agendas; no repeal, amendment, or extension item found. Applies only to unincorporated Nassau County.
• Outcome: Ordinance adopted on final hearing 2026-06-08; moratorium in effect for up to 12 months or until permanent Data Center Facility regulations are adopted, whichever is sooner.

Palm Beach County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Board of County Commissioners approved zoning in progress effective 2026-07-07 and directed staff to prepare a formal moratorium ordinance.
• Normalized date: 2026-07-07 (exact)
• Duration: Interim administrative freeze: staff directed not to accept new large-load-customer data center applications until a formal ordinance is presented for adoption. The contemplated formal ordinance would run until the earlier of one year after its adoption or the enactment of permanent regulations.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-palm-beach-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of County Commissioners zoning-in-progress directive, 2026-07-07 (formal ordinance not yet adopted as of the reviewed sources)
• What prompted it: Followed opposition to Project Tango and other large-load data center proposals.
• Affected projects: Project Tango (Central Park Commerce Center data center expansion)
• Detailed status: Active interim intake freeze pending adoption of a formal moratorium ordinance. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: —

Pasco County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Commissioners unanimously approved 2026-07-14, following a Planning Commission recommendation 2026-06-11 and a first BOCC hearing 2026-06-16.
• Normalized date: 2026-07-14 (exact)
• Duration: One-year moratorium pausing covered development approvals for server or computer rooms exceeding 2.5 MW in unincorporated Pasco County while the county studies definitions and environmental, utility, and financial impacts.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-pasco-county-2026
• Legal basis: Pasco County ordinance (signed ordinance number and exact expiration date not located in reviewed sources).
• What prompted it: —
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active one-year moratorium. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: —

Pensacola

• Type: City
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: First reading passed 7-0 on 2026-07-16; second reading required before adoption. Not yet finally enacted as of the compilation date.
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Proposed one-year moratorium on city approvals for data centers and other large-load-customer facilities with anticipated monthly peak demand of at least 50 MW; would take effect five business days after final adoption.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-pensacola-undated
• Legal basis: Pensacola Proposed Ordinance No. 13-26 (first reading only; second reading required for adoption)
• What prompted it: —
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Pending second reading as of the chronology's coverage window (through 2026-07-31); not yet adopted.
• Outcome: —

Pinellas Park

• Type: City
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: Placed on first reading 2026-07-21; public hearing scheduled for 2026-08-11 (after the compilation window). Not yet finally enacted.
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Proposed one-year moratorium on data center approvals.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-pinellas-park-undated
• Legal basis: Pinellas Park Ordinance 2026-22 (first reading only; not yet adopted)
• What prompted it: Followed American Tower's May 2026 filing to redevelop an industrial property at 10700 76th Court N. into a data-processing facility.
• Affected projects: American Tower data-processing facility proposal, 10700 76th Court N.
• Detailed status: Pending; the city reported it would not consider data center proposals while the measure proceeds. Public hearing scheduled 2026-08-11, after the compilation window. [VERIFY adoption date not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: —

Santa Rosa County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Adopted at a special meeting 2026-07-23, following a first hearing 2026-07-09 (which followed a 2026-06-22 3-1 vote directing staff to draft the ordinance).
• Normalized date: 2026-07-23 (exact)
• Duration: 12-month moratorium on large-scale data centers and large-load-customer facilities in unincorporated Santa Rosa County; permanent rules may be developed sooner than the 12-month endpoint.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-santa-rosa-county-2026
• Legal basis: Santa Rosa County ordinance (signed ordinance, ordinance number, vote tally, and exact effective/expiration dates not located in reviewed sources).
• What prompted it: Several residents requested a permanent ban instead of a temporary moratorium.
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active 12-month moratorium. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: —

Sarasota County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: County commissioners voted 2026-07-08.
• Normalized date: 2026-07-08 (exact)
• Duration: Halts acceptance, review, and approval of hyperscale data center proposals for at least one year, through July 2027, while staff evaluates permanent rules.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-sarasota-county-2026
• Legal basis: Commission vote / administrative freeze; a signed ordinance or resolution number was not located in reviewed sources.
• What prompted it: Followed an XF Group inquiry concerning a site along Cattlemen Road; covers facilities at the state-law threshold of at least 50 MW.
• Affected projects: XF Group inquiry, Cattlemen Road site
• Detailed status: Active freeze through approximately July 2027 pending permanent rules. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: —

Zephyrhills

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Final approval 2026-06-22 by City Council, following a unanimous first reading 2026-06-08.
• Normalized date: 2026-06-22 (exact)
• Duration: One-year moratorium on city approvals for data centers, large-scale data centers, and large-load customer facilities.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: fl-zephyrhills-2026
• Legal basis: City of Zephyrhills Ordinance 1523-26
• What prompted it: Precautionary measure; city staff said no data center proposal was pending at the time of adoption.
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active one-year moratorium effective 2026-06-22. [VERIFY primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: —

Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.

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