Nevada local moratoria
Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Nevada, current through August 19, 2026.
3 instruments — 3 in force, 0 pending, 0 past.
State policy is tracked separately: 7 actions (7 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.
| Jurisdiction | Type | Enacted | Sectors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt County | County | 2026-07-06 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Nye County | County | 2026-06-02 | data center, cryptocurrency mining | 🟢 Active |
| Reno | City | 2026-06-01 | data center | 🟢 Extended |
Detailed entries
Humboldt County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-07-06, Humboldt County Commission, unanimous vote on second reading of Bill No. 05-18-26 (one local news account describes the meeting as occurring July 7)
- Normalized date:
2026-07-06(exact) - Duration: Through July 13, 2027 (amended at the meeting)
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
nv-humboldt-county-2026 - Legal basis: Bill No. 05-18-26 (Humboldt County), a temporary moratorium on the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications for new data center facilities in unincorporated Humboldt County; does not apply within the city of Winnemucca
- What prompted it: Precautionary pause pending regulation; no data center proposal or development application was pending when the measure passed
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; set to expire 2027-07-13 absent further action
- Outcome: —
Nye County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-06-02 (Nye County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a countywide moratorium on new data center applications at its Tuesday, June 2, 2026 meeting, per Pahrump Valley Times)
- Normalized date:
2026-06-02(exact) - Duration: No fixed term; Commissioner Strickland was quoted estimating a new data center ordinance could be ready 'in about 90 days,' but the moratorium's stated end condition is adoption of local data center regulations, not a calendar date.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
- Moratorium ID:
nv-nye-county-2026 - Legal basis: Board of County Commissioners resolution under NRS 244.110/244.119
- What prompted it: Nye County Water District Governing Board's 2026-05-27 emergency request that the commission impose a moratorium, driven by concerns over data center water demand on a 'critically over-appropriated' aquifer (Nevada Hydrographic Basin 162) in the Pahrump Regional Planning District
- Affected projects: Proposed 'Blackjack Data Center' and a large Pahrump-area data center proposal covered in local reporting through July 2026
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31. A follow-on permanent ordinance (Nye County Bill No. 2026-11, adding Nye County Code Chapter 17.13 'Data Centers,' a prohibition in unincorporated areas without an elected town board) had a public hearing scheduled for 2026-08-04; that draft bill's recitals state the Board 'has recently approved a temporary moratorium on data centers while permanent regulations are developed,' corroborating that the June moratorium remained in force as of the bill's July 7, 2026 agenda item.
- Outcome: Countywide moratorium on new data center applications adopted; permanent prohibition ordinance in process
Reno
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Extended
- Date enacted: Reno City Council approved a final moratorium resolution on/around 2026-06-01, extending an earlier temporary pause on special-use permits for new data centers through August 31, 2027, by a 6-1 vote (Councilmember Kathleen Taylor dissenting). Coverage headlines describe this both as an 'extension' of an existing pause and as the council 'approving' the moratorium, consistent with an initial shorter pause enacted earlier in 2026 that was then extended.
- Normalized date:
2026-06-01(range) - Duration: Runs through August 31, 2027, or until the city adopts new data center regulations, whichever comes first.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
nv-reno-2026 - Legal basis: City Council resolution
- What prompted it: Concerns over water use and rising power costs from new data center development
- Affected projects: Not specifically named in sources reviewed
- Detailed status: Active/extended as of 2026-07-31; set to run until 2027-08-31 or adoption of new regulations. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: Moratorium on new data center special-use permits extended through August 2027
Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.