The data center fight in Greensboro, North Carolina
As of October 1, 2026, Greensboro, North Carolina has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Aug 18, 2026; documented end date 2027-02-14).
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
180-day pause on applications for data centers with electrical demand above 10 MW, 8-0 with one recusal, after a hearing at which residents asked for 32 months. Council had voted 5-4 on Jul 21 against starting the process, then reversed; the 120-day draft was lengthened to 180 after public input. Runs to mid-February 2027
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read 2026-09-05
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
13 stories tracked since 2026-08-14 across 8 outlets. 13× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. Most recent: “Greensboro data center moratorium raises questions about Dream Center project” (WUNC News, 2026-08-19).
- Greensboro data center moratorium raises questions about Dream Center project
- Greensboro data center moratorium raises questions about Dream Center project
- Greensboro City Council extends data center moratorium to 180 days after debate
- Greensboro City Council approves 180-day data center moratorium
- Greensboro establishes 180-day data center moratorium
- Greensboro City Council approves 180-day data center moratorium
- Residents call on Greensboro Council to enact strong, long data center moratorium
- Greensboro residents raise concerns over proposed 120-day data center moratorium
- Greensboro residents air concerns at hearing after council OKs data center moratorium
- Alamance County commissioners unanimously approve one-year data center moratorium | Greensboro to vote Tuesday
- Greensboro leaders discuss proposed data center moratorium at public hearing
- Greensboro, Alamance and Yadkin to consider data center moratoriums
+1 more on the story tracker.
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 13 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 North Carolina.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- North Carolina briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in North Carolina
- Alamance County (22 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-08-17
- Davidson County (30 mi) — Rejectedterm not documented
- Stokes County (33 mi) — Rejectedterm not documented
- Orange County (37 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-04-21
- Chatham County (39 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-02-11
- Davie County (44 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-07-07
- Rowan County (48 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-05-04
- Yadkin County (49 mi) — Enactedexpires 2028-08-17
All 44 tracked actions in North Carolina 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.