Nebraska local moratoria

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

6 instruments — 5 in force, 0 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

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: —

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.

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: —

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: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2025-09-22
• Normalized date: 2025-09-22 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general
• 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 as of 2026-04-29 based on no repeal or replacement found in captured minutes through 2026-04-27.
• Outcome: No replacement zoning ordinance, repeal, or extension identified in captured board minutes through 2026-04-27.

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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