Nebraska local moratoria

Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Nebraska, current through September 23, 2026.

23 instruments — 20 in force, 2 pending, 1 past.

State policy is tracked separately: 11 actions (11 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.

Detailed entries

Box Butte County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Before 2026-07-16 (exact date and resolution number not located)
• Normalized date: 2026 (year_only)
• Duration: Not documented
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-box-butte-county-2026
• Legal basis: —
• What prompted it: County studying data center regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Reported as one of the first wave of Nebraska county data center moratoria (adopted before 2026-07-16), per Nebraska Public Media; the county's own resolution/ordinance and exact date were not located within the research budget. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Reported to have a data center moratorium in place; primary source not located

Broken Bow

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-14 (Ordinance 1314 adopted)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-14 (exact)
• Duration: Six months, or until permanent zoning regulations take effect, whichever first
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: ne-broken-bow-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance 1314
• What prompted it: No existing regulations governing data centers; city wants time to draft zoning rules
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; six-month moratorium on accepting, processing or approving applications for high-density data processing facilities, data centers and digital asset mining operations, runs to on or about 2027-01-14 or until permanent regulations take effect, whichever first.
• Outcome: City drafting data center zoning regulations

Butler County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-16, Butler County Board of Supervisors, 4-1 roll-call vote (Griess, Vandenberg, Bauer, Steager aye; Krafka nay)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-16 (exact)
• Duration: 9 months from adoption (2026-03-16)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: wind, solar, battery storage, data center, general
• Moratorium ID: ne-butler-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-07 (Butler County Board of Supervisors), mirroring the Planning Commission's Resolution 2026-04 but striking language that would have excluded projects already under construction
• What prompted it: Butler County has no zoning; a countywide survey (~800 responses) found roughly 90% support for a moratorium on the top land uses of concern (wind, solar, data centers, battery storage, landfill), following years of unregulated development including the in-progress Sandhills Energy solar project.
• Affected projects: Sandhills Energy solar project (in development since 2019, construction reportedly started February 2026, ~$15M invested/$100M in equipment orders per company representative Brian Boerner) was initially covered by the moratorium as adopted, then later exempted after the company threatened litigation.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23, though modified: adopted 2026-03-16 as a 9-month moratorium (through approximately 2026-12-15) on wind, solar, data center, battery storage, and landfill land uses while the county completes a comprehensive plan and zoning regulations (targeted for completion around September 2026). Per Flatwater Free Press, after the threat of a lawsuit the county later exempted the ongoing Sandhills Energy solar project (which had been under development since 2019) from the moratorium.
• Outcome: 9-month countywide land-use moratorium adopted covering wind, solar, data centers, battery storage, and landfills, later amended to exempt an in-progress solar project.

Cass County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-11, Cass County Board of Commissioners, 5-0 unanimous vote, motion by District 4 Commissioner Daniel Stohlmann
• Normalized date: 2026-08-11 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months (a 'baseline' minimum per Commissioner Alexander DeGarmo, extendable if more time is needed, or endable early if regulations are adopted sooner)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-cass-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners resolution (specific resolution number not located in sources reviewed)
• What prompted it: specific_project trigger (Tenaska/Google-linked proposal: Tenaska optioned 1,354 acres in Cass County along Highway 75 south of Murray and Beaver Lake for a data center/natural-gas power plant project) combined with a regulatory gap; a separate set of proposed zoning regulations was tabled to Sept. 22, 2026 for further discussion.
• Affected projects: Tenaska/Google-linked data center and natural-gas power plant proposal near Murray/Beaver Lake (1,354 acres optioned as of June 2026); no formal application had been submitted as of the Aug. 11 vote, per the county zoning administrator.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. Adopted 2026-08-11 on a unanimous 5-0 vote following a Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation (7-1, mid-July 2026) for an 18-month term; commissioners instead set 12 months as a floor, extendable if needed. A companion set of proposed data-center zoning regulations was tabled the same day to the Board's Sept. 22, 2026 meeting.
• Outcome: 12-month moratorium on data center permits adopted after extensive public hearings; proposed implementing zoning regulations tabled to Sept. 22, 2026 for further board discussion.

Cherry County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 on 2026-07-14 to impose a moratorium, effective that day.
• Normalized date: 2026-07-14 (exact)
• Duration: Six-month moratorium on all conditional use permits (broader than data centers), adopted amid board discussion focused on the county's lack of data center provisions. No separate ordinance or resolution text was located; recorded as a motion in the minutes.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, general
• Moratorium ID: ne-cherry-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners motion (2-1 vote); no separate ordinance or resolution number identified
• What prompted it: County zoning rules did not address data centers; disagreement among commissioners about whether Nebraska law clearly authorizes such a moratorium.
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; six-month pause on all conditional use permits effective 2026-07-14.
• Outcome: —

Custer County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-31 (Resolution 75Z-26 adopted)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-31 (exact)
• Duration: Six months (March 31, 2026 to September 30, 2026)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-custer-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 75Z-26
• What prompted it: County developing data center zoning regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Resolution 75Z-26 puts a moratorium on 'Tech Facilities' from 2026-03-31 to 2026-09-30 while the Planning Commission finalizes data center zoning regulations (public hearing held 2026-09-23).
• Outcome: Planning Commission developing permanent data center zoning regulations; public hearing 2026-09-23

Dundy County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-06 (Board of Commissioners adopted moratorium on Conditional Use Permits following a 2025-06-23 public hearing on the Planning Commission's recommendation; exact adoption date not located)
• Normalized date: 2025-06 (month_only)
• Duration: 12 months, extended for additional 12-month terms
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, general
• Moratorium ID: ne-dundy-county-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution 76-26-9 (2026-06-15 extension)
• What prompted it: County studying comprehensive plan and zoning updates before accepting Conditional Use Permit applications (used by data center developers)
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the Board of Commissioners voted 2026-06-15 to adopt Resolution 76-26-9, extending the county's Conditional Use Permit moratorium for another 12 months (to on or about 2027-06-15). The underlying CUP moratorium (which reaches data center siting, since data centers require a CUP) traces to a Planning Commission recommendation heard by the Board on 2025-06-23.
• Outcome: County continuing to require CUP moratorium while updating comprehensive plan/zoning

Fillmore County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-23, Fillmore County Board of Supervisors, 6-1 roll-call vote
• Normalized date: 2026-06-23 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months from the date of approval (2026-06-23)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: solar
• Moratorium ID: ne-fillmore-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 2026-08 (Fillmore County Board of Supervisors)
• What prompted it: Resident concerns raised at public comment about health, safety, and property-value impacts of proposed solar energy farms.
• Affected projects: None named; framed as a proactive regulatory review rather than a response to a specific pending application.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution No. 2026-08, adopted 2026-06-23 on a 6-1 vote, imposes a 6-month moratorium on accepting new conditional-use-permit applications for solar energy farms (through approximately 2026-12-23) and directs the Planning Commission to review the comprehensive plan/zoning regulations (setbacks, infrasound, health concerns, property-value impacts, 'occupied dwelling' definition, etc.) and report recommendations within 4 months. Existing operations and already-issued pending permits are not affected.
• Outcome: 6-month moratorium on new solar farm applications adopted while the Planning Commission reviews and recommends zoning changes.

Furnas County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2025-08-26 (Resolution 2025-8-26 adopted)
• Normalized date: 2025-08-26 (exact)
• Duration: Not stated in the resolution as reviewed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: wind, solar
• Moratorium ID: ne-furnas-county-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution 2025-8-26
• What prompted it: County zoning regulations not sufficient to address commercial wind/solar projects
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Adopted 2025-08-26; a temporary moratorium on wind energy installations and solar power generation systems. No data-center-specific moratorium was located for Furnas County despite Nebraska Public Media listing the county among those with data center moratoria in place. [VERIFY details not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: County has not been confirmed to have adopted a data-center-specific moratorium

Gage County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-09-16, Gage County Board of Supervisors, motion by Supervisor Rex Adams
• Normalized date: 2026-09-16 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from 2026-09-16, superseding an earlier 8-month moratorium the Board had passed in August 2026; the Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended an 18-month term after a crowded June 2026 public hearing, but the Board adopted 12 months instead.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-gage-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Supervisors resolution (specific resolution number not located in sources reviewed)
• What prompted it: County has no data-center-specific regulations; Board wanted time to develop them following a contested public process (a June 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing drew 170+ people and a Sept. 3, 2026 supervisors' hearing drew 120+ people, most urging an 18-month or longer term).
• Affected projects: None named; officials stated no permit application was pending. Tenaska (an Omaha-based energy developer also behind projects in Cass and Otoe counties) was referenced as active in the region.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. The Gage County Board of Supervisors voted (unanimously, per KLKN) on 2026-09-16 to adopt a 12-month moratorium on data center permits, superseding the 8-month moratorium the Board had passed in August 2026 and departing from the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommended 18 months. Supervisors said the moratorium could be extended if more time is needed.
• Outcome: 12-month data center permit moratorium adopted to allow time to develop county-specific data center regulations; supersedes the county's prior 8-month moratorium from August 2026.

Garfield County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: —
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Not documented
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-garfield-county-undated
• Legal basis: —
• What prompted it: County studying data center regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Pending as of 2026-09-23; the Planning Commission voted in favor of a data center moratorium and referred it to the County Board for a final vote. No confirmation of Board adoption was located. [VERIFY instrument number; adoption date; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Awaiting County Board vote

Harlan County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Before 2026-07-16 (exact date and resolution number not located)
• Normalized date: 2026 (year_only)
• Duration: Not documented
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-harlan-county-2026
• Legal basis: —
• What prompted it: County studying data center regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Reported as one of the first wave of Nebraska county data center moratoria (adopted before 2026-07-16), per Nebraska Public Media; the county's own resolution/ordinance and exact date were not located within the research budget. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Reported to have a data center moratorium in place; primary source not located

Hayes County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Before 2026-07-16 (exact date and resolution number not located)
• Normalized date: 2026 (year_only)
• Duration: Not documented
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-hayes-county-2026
• Legal basis: —
• What prompted it: County studying data center regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Reported as one of the first wave of Nebraska county data center moratoria (adopted before 2026-07-16), per Nebraska Public Media; the county's own resolution/ordinance and exact date were not located within the research budget. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Reported to have a data center moratorium in place; primary source not located

Hitchcock County

• Type: County
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2025-02-03
• Normalized date: 2025-02-03 (exact)
• Duration: One year or until updated zoning regulations were adopted, whichever was less
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: ne-hitchcock-county-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution #2025-7, Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers and Crypto Mining Facilities
• What prompted it: Existing zoning did not adequately address data centers and crypto mining in AG-G and RCI districts. The resolution cited energy consumption, cooling and environmental footprint concerns, land-use impacts, and the need to study countywide zoning controls.
• Affected projects: Steven R. Fries data mining conditional use request was denied on 2025-01-21 before the moratorium. MB Club LLC later received conditional use approval for a data center on 2025-10-06 [VERIFY: MB Club LLC project MW capacity not in captured Hitchcock County board minutes].
• Detailed status: Replaced
• Outcome: Resolution #25-9 amended county zoning after a 2025-03-17 public hearing. The framework allows data centers and crypto mining through conditional use in AG-G and RCI districts and addresses I district standards. Resolution #25-19 approved MB Club LLC's conditional use with an impact easement requirement.

Hitchcock County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: Not yet adopted as of 2026-09-21; proposed Resolution 26-18 was on the Sept. 8, 2026 Board of Commissioners agenda (item 9) and discussed again at the Sept. 21, 2026 meeting, where the minutes record 'Discussion held on proposed Resolution 26-18. No action taken at this time.'
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Proposed 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: wind, solar, battery storage, cryptocurrency mining, data center, general
• Moratorium ID: ne-hitchcock-county-undated
• Legal basis: Proposed Resolution 26-18 (not yet adopted as of 2026-09-21), described in the Sept. 8, 2026 agenda as superseding 'Resolution 2025-8'
• What prompted it: Regulatory-gap/preemptive: county attorney and chair described ongoing work to update the county's comprehensive plan and zoning regulations (targeted for completion by May 2027) and encouraged public participation in town-hall meetings on the update; the proposed moratorium would pause applications while that update is completed.
• Affected projects: None named in the agenda or minutes reviewed.
• Detailed status: Pending as of 2026-09-23. The Sept. 8, 2026 board agenda listed 'Consider imposing a 12 month moratorium on the acceptance of applications for wind energy systems, solar energy systems, battery energy storage systems, cryptocurrency-mining operations, data centers, artificial intelligence facilities, carbon dioxide capture, transport, and sequestration facilities, high-voltage transmission infrastructure, and other utility scale or specialized technology facilities superseding Resolution 2025-8.' At the Sept. 8 meeting the board discussed the item but did not vote (no resolution number was assigned in the minutes for this item, unlike the numbered resolutions that followed for other business). At the Sept. 21, 2026 meeting, the item returned as 'proposed Resolution 26-18'; the minutes record discussion but 'No action taken at this time.' No adoption vote had occurred as of the last confirmed meeting (Sept. 21, 2026), two days before this research date. [VERIFY adoption date not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Broader successor moratorium proposal (covering wind, solar, battery storage, crypto mining, data centers, AI facilities, CO2 pipeline infrastructure, and high-voltage transmission) remains under discussion by the Board as of the Sept. 21, 2026 meeting; not yet adopted.

Johnson County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Before 2026-07-16 (exact date and resolution number not located)
• Normalized date: 2026 (year_only)
• Duration: Not documented
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-johnson-county-2026
• Legal basis: —
• What prompted it: County studying data center regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Reported as one of the first wave of Nebraska county data center moratoria (adopted before 2026-07-16), per Nebraska Public Media; the county's own resolution/ordinance and exact date were not located within the research budget. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Reported to have a data center moratorium in place; primary source not located

Kearney County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Before 2026-07-16 (exact date and resolution number not located)
• Normalized date: 2026 (year_only)
• Duration: Not documented
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-kearney-county-2026
• Legal basis: —
• What prompted it: County studying data center regulations on unincorporated land
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Reported as one of the first-wave Nebraska county data center moratoria (adopted before 2026-07-16), applying to unincorporated Kearney County land; primary resolution not located. Distinct from the City of Kearney (in Buffalo County), which adopted a permissive data-center zoning ordinance in August 2026 rather than a moratorium. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Reported to have a data center moratorium on unincorporated land; primary source not located

Logan County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 to adopt Resolution 26-2 on 2026-07-15.
• Normalized date: 2026-07-15 (exact)
• Duration: 12-month moratorium on accepting applications for data centers and AI facilities, cryptocurrency mining, wind and solar energy systems, battery energy storage, carbon dioxide facilities, future high-voltage transmission infrastructure, and other utility-scale or specialized-technology facilities.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining, wind, solar, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: ne-logan-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 26-2, Board of County Commissioners
• What prompted it: Adopted alongside a wave of Nebraska county moratoria addressing data centers and related utility-scale/specialized-technology development.
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; 12-month moratorium effective 2026-07-15.
• Outcome: —

McPherson County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-10, McPherson County Board of Commissioners, unanimous vote (Nason, Arensdorf, Chairman Bryant)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-10 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from 2026-06-10; the Board reserved exclusive authority to extend it. Resolution 2026-11 expressly supersedes prior county moratorium Resolutions 2025-19, 2025-21, and 2025-25, indicating the county has maintained some form of moratorium on these uses since at least 2025.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: wind, solar, battery storage, cryptocurrency mining, data center, general
• Moratorium ID: ne-mcpherson-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-11 (McPherson County Board of Commissioners), superseding Resolutions 2025-19, 2025-21, and 2025-25
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap: broad pause covering utility-scale and specialized technology facilities pending county zoning/regulatory development.
• Affected projects: None named in the meeting-minutes summary reviewed.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution 2026-11, adopted 2026-06-10, imposes a 12-month moratorium on acceptance of applications for wind and solar energy systems, battery energy storage systems, cryptocurrency-mining operations, data centers, artificial intelligence facilities, carbon dioxide capture/transport/sequestration facilities, and high-voltage electric transmission infrastructure; it supersedes the county's prior 2025 moratorium resolutions (2025-19, 2025-21, 2025-25).
• Outcome: 12-month moratorium adopted covering a broad set of utility-scale and specialized technology facility types, consolidating and superseding the county's prior 2025 moratorium resolutions.

Otoe County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-19
• Normalized date: 2026-05-19 (exact)
• Duration: Moratorium on building and conditional-use permits for data centers, for up to one year from adoption (i.e., through on or about 2027-05-19), and subject to earlier termination if the zoning review committee's updated regulations are approved sooner.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-otoe-county-2026
• Legal basis: Otoe County Board of Commissioners motion (made by Commissioner Cole, seconded by Commissioner Crownover), adopted by unanimous voice vote (4-0; Commissioner Freshman absent) at the May 19, 2026 regular meeting, following a public hearing and the Planning Commission's April 16, 2026 recommendation. The same meeting also created a zoning review committee (Commissioners Jerad Sornson and Chuck Cole, Dan Thomson, and Jenniffer Panko-Rahe, plus Planning Board representatives Dan Hodges, Howard Bebout, and Cheri Wirthele) to update the county's zoning regulations. No separately numbered ordinance or resolution was adopted for the moratorium itself (compare Resolution 5-19-26-4 and Resolution 5-19-26-5, both adopted at the same meeting for unrelated matters).
• What prompted it: Large public response and concern over potential health, environmental, and community-fit impacts of data centers.
• Affected projects: No specific project application was named in the May 19, 2026 public hearing; the certified minutes record public comments about noise, pollution, water/power usage, and preserving agricultural land in general terms, not a named applicant. Possible Tenaska-related southeast Nebraska land assembly and industrial/data-center discussion had been reported in March 2026, but no formal Otoe County application docket was identified in any source checked in this pass either.
• Detailed status: Adopted. The Otoe County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 on 2026-05-19 to enter a moratorium on building and conditional-use permits for data centers, for up to one year, with a newly created zoning review committee directed to update regulations; the moratorium may be lifted earlier once updated regulations are approved.
• Outcome: No enacted moratorium or replacement zoning action identified in captured sources. Otoe County's 2025 zoning draft defines "Data Center" but the captured text did not surface a complete use-matrix classification. [CITE]

Red Willow County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-09-22
• Normalized date: 2025-09-22 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months (2025-09-22 to 2026-09-22); extended for an additional 12 months by Resolution No. 1612, Book 25, Page 2, adopted 2026-08-24.
• Current end date: 2027-09-22
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-red-willow-county-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 1577, Book 24, Page 84, Adopt 12 Month Zoning Moratorium on Data Centers
• What prompted it: The captured board minutes record adoption but do not include detailed findings. Later local discussion in earlier captures referenced noise and public-power/rate implications.
• Affected projects: Not identified in captured primary records. [CITE]
• Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-09-23. Two days before the original term's 2026-09-22 expiration, the Board adopted Resolution No. 1612 at its August 24, 2026 meeting, extending the data center zoning moratorium for an additional 12 months (to approximately 2027-09-22, computed from the original expiry since the resolution text says 'extend' rather than restate a new term; the official minutes do not themselves state the new numeric end date). Local reporting (McCook Gazette, McCook News Now) independently confirms the extension. No repeal, rescission, or permanent replacement ordinance was found.
• Outcome: Extended for an additional 12 months by Resolution No. 1612 (adopted 2026-08-24), two days ahead of the original 2026-09-22 expiration; the Board's Comprehensive Plan/zoning-update contractor (West Central Nebraska Development District) had not finished the county's data-center zoning regulations, so commissioners extended the pause rather than let it lapse. No replacement ordinance has been adopted as of 2026-09-23.

Seward County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2023-08-01, Seward County Board of Commissioners (original adoption); most recently continued by Resolution No. 3947, adopted 2026-08-25
• Normalized date: 2023-08-01 (exact)
• Duration: Originally a 6-month moratorium adopted 2023-08-01, repeatedly continued/renewed by separate board resolutions (including at the Jan. 6, 2026 meeting) for further 6-month terms or until new zoning regulations are formally adopted, whichever occurs first; most recently continued by Resolution No. 3947 (2026-08-25) for 6 months from that date.
• Current end date: 2027-02-25
• Sectors: wind, solar, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: ne-seward-county-2023
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 3947 (Seward County Board of Commissioners, adopted 2026-08-25), continuing the moratorium first imposed 2023-08-01 and repeatedly renewed since (cites Neb. Rev. Stat. section 23-114)
• What prompted it: regulatory_gap: the county's zoning regulations do not yet address commercial-scale renewable energy systems; the moratorium is intended to remain in place only until new zoning regulations governing such systems are formally adopted and become legally binding.
• Affected projects: None specifically named in sources reviewed; framed generally as covering commercial-scale renewable energy development countywide.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. This is a distinct, longer-running moratorium from the county's separate 2026-06-30 data-center-specific moratorium already in the inventory (ne-seward-county-2026, Resolution 3937): this row covers commercial wind, solar, and battery-generated energy projects, was first imposed 2023-08-01, and has been repeatedly extended by the Board (including at its Jan. 6, 2026 meeting). Most recently, the Board voted 2026-08-25 (Resolution No. 3947, unanimous) to continue the moratorium for six more months from that date (to approximately 2027-02-25) or until new zoning regulations are adopted and legally binding, whichever comes first. It applies to solar systems of 500kW AC or greater and wind systems serving off-site customers/community/grid.
• Outcome: Long-running (since Aug. 2023), repeatedly-renewed county moratorium on commercial wind, solar, and battery-storage development, most recently continued through approximately Feb. 2027 while the county finalizes new zoning regulations for these systems.

Seward County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution 3937 on 2026-06-30, effective immediately, with three affirmative votes and two members absent.
• Normalized date: 2026-06-30 (exact)
• Duration: Pauses data center construction, building permits, conditional use permits, and any other project authorization. Expires at the earlier of 12 months or the effective date of new data center zoning regulations, unless extended by a separate resolution.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: ne-seward-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 3937, Board of County Commissioners
• What prompted it: County had discussed a draft moratorium after a commissioner proposed a pause; adopted while the county develops permanent data center zoning regulations.
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; up-to-12-month moratorium effective 2026-06-30, or earlier upon adoption of new zoning regulations.
• Outcome: —

Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.

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