The data center fight in Clinton, Iowa
As of October 1, 2026, Clinton, Iowa rejected a data center moratorium (action taken Jun 9, 2026).
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Proposed moratorium rejected 5-2 as QTS considers an AI data center campus north of US-30/west of Mill Creek Parkway; council members argued a pause could send the wrong message to developers.
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read 2026-08-12
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
8 stories tracked since 2026-06-10 across 6 outlets. 6× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. 1× Noise from the facility is drawing resident complaints. Most recent: “Noise impacts of proposed data center among concerns in Clinton Twp.” (Tri-County Independent, 2026-09-02).
- Noise impacts of proposed data center among concerns in Clinton Twp.
- Clinton, Iowa City Council combs through data center ordinance
- Clinton City Council combs through data center ordinance
- Clinton data center ordinance to be discussed at Tuesday meeting
- Clinton data center ordinance to be discussed at Tuesday meeting
- Clinton Committee of the Whole will consider data-center ordinance
- Clinton to consider ordinance on proposed data center project
- Clinton City Council rejects moratorium as QTS considers data center
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 8 headlines archived.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Iowa.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Iowa briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Iowa
- Peosta (54 mi) — Enactedexpires 2026-12-20
- Dubuque County (56 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-05-26
- Johnson County (73 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-08
- Linn County (74 mi) — Enactedexpires 2028-01-01
- Buchanan County (95 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
- Jefferson County (107 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-08-11
- Marshalltown (141 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-23
- Marshall County (145 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
All 21 tracked actions in Iowa are on the state page.
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.