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The data center fight in Freeborn County, Minnesota

As of September 27, 2026, Freeborn County, Minnesota has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Aug 19, 2025; documented end date 2027-08-19).

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

Enactedexpires 2027-08-19status
Aug 19, 2025action taken
Countylevel

One-year moratorium on data center permits in unincorporated areas; extended Aug 18, 2026 for a second year through Aug 19, 2027.

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read 2026-09-11

An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.

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All 18 tracked actions in Minnesota are on the state page.

As of August 2026 · 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.

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