Kansas Moratoria

Every infrastructure moratorium we have identified in Kansas as of April 2026.

8 instruments — 8 in force, 0 pending, 0 past. Activity level: High.

Detailed entries

Brown County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-02 (confirmed by signed BoCC minutes, Book V Page 129)
• Duration: 18 months or until regulations are adopted, whichever comes first
• Moratorium ID: ks-brown-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-10 (motion by Chairman Heinen, seconded by Commissioner Pollock, motion carried unanimously per official minutes)
• What prompted it: County counselor Austin Parker framed the pause under police powers to study public health, public safety, and welfare impacts of data centers, battery energy storage systems, solar energy, chip manufacturing, and cryptocurrency projects, on recommendation of the Brown County Planning Commission
• Affected projects: Projects involving data centers, BESS, solar energy, chip manufacturing, and cryptocurrency operations in Brown County
• Detailed status: Active
• Outcome: Planning Commission to consider recommendations for regulation

Harvey County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-13
• Duration: Through 2029-01-01, unless amended, extended, or terminated earlier
• Moratorium ID: ks-harvey-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-04
• What prompted it: Questions and concerns about regulating data centers in unincorporated areas; unknown impacts on current and future property owners; need to review the comprehensive plan and unified development code
• Affected projects: No application had been submitted when enacted
• Detailed status: Active
• Outcome: Planning and zoning staff and the Planning Commission were directed to review and update the comprehensive plan and code

Kingman County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-09
• Duration: 18 months from effective date, unless reduced or extended
• Moratorium ID: ks-kingman-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-R9
• What prompted it: Kingman County zoning already allowed data centers by special use permit, but planning and zoning boards requested review of all data-center zoning code provisions and public concerns had been raised
• Affected projects: Any data center special use permit or zoning/use modification submitted after the effective date
• Detailed status: Active
• Outcome: County officials and planning boards must consider amendments and additions to zoning code provisions governing data center applications and guidelines

Marion County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-02 (per Citizen Portal AI summary of the March 3, 2026 commission action
• Duration: Through 2026-06-01 under Resolution No. 2026-12 (a separate Feb. 17, 2026 action
• Moratorium ID: ks-marion-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 2026-12 (per Citizen Portal AI; primary signed text not yet captured)
• What prompted it: County commissioners sought time to understand battery storage and data centers after presentations from Flint Hills Rural Electric Cooperative and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative; concerns included safety and protecting county residents
• Affected projects: Data-center and related energy/discharge facilities exceeding 10 MW in unincorporated Marion County; staff stated the language excludes smaller stand-alone relay or hosting facilities
• Detailed status: Active through 2026-06-01
• Outcome: Planning and zoning staff expected to prepare permanent rules

McPherson County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2025-08-04
• Duration: Initially through 2026-03-01; later extended to 2026-12-01 (Wichita Eagle and Ci
• Moratorium ID: ks-mcpherson-county-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution 2025-14 (adopted by unanimous voice vote per Citizen Portal AI summary of August 4, 2025 commission meeting); primary signed text not yet captured
• What prompted it: Planning staff requested time for the planning board to study data centers and cryptocurrency mining under the comprehensive plan and zoning regulations; concerns included noise, water usage, siting near substations and industrial zones, and conditional-use standards
• Affected projects: Existing smaller Bitcoin/data-center operators (KV Enterprises) and a prospective 50 MW AI-scale proposal (Vincent Zottola, Midwest Mining/East Coast ASEC) were discussed at adoption per Citizen Portal AI meeting summary
• Detailed status: Active through 2026-12-01 based on Citizen Journal "Commissioners extend moratoriums" summary and Wichita Eagle reporting
• Outcome: Planning board and county staff directed to develop zoning or comprehensive-plan amendments

Riley County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-13
• Duration: Reported as a temporary pause by KMAN News Radio (1350kman.com); duration and re
• Moratorium ID: ks-riley-county-2026
• Legal basis: County Commission moratorium action
• What prompted it: County commissioners wanted time to study data center and BESS impacts before making a firm policy decision; concerns included high electricity consumption, utility bills, and cooling water
• Affected projects: Data centers and battery energy storage systems
• Detailed status: Active
• Outcome: Study period for potential county policy or zoning standards

Saline County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-17
• Duration: Three-year aggregate, structured as one year per covered category: 1 year data c
• Moratorium ID: ks-saline-county-2026
• Legal basis: County Commission action; resolution number not yet identified
• What prompted it: Commissioners wanted to halt applications until regulations and resource needs were clear, after denial of a proposed battery energy storage system on a 4-1 supermajority vote in January 2026
• Affected projects: Data center, nuclear power, and hydrogen-based energy facility applications in unincorporated Saline County
• Detailed status: Active
• Outcome: County planning process for regulations on covered facilities

Sedgwick County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-14
• Duration: Initially 90 days through 2026-04-17 under Resolution 014-2026; on 2026-03-04 th
• Moratorium ID: ks-sedgwick-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 014-2026 ("A Resolution Establishing an Interim Development Control"), citing K.S.A. 12-741 et seq. police power; subsequent extension resolution adopted 2026-03-04
• What prompted it: Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Zoning Code did not define data centers; county had increased inquiries for potential projects, especially in unincorporated western Sedgwick County
• Affected projects: Monarch Energy and NextEra Energy land-acquisition activity in western Sedgwick County; no filed applications identified at adoption
• Detailed status: Active through 2026-06-11; KWCH reported the unanimous March 4 extension vote
• Outcome: Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Planning Department prepared a data center white paper recommending definition, classification, conditional use review, overlay options, or prohibition of hyperscale facilities

Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.

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