The data center fight in Ida County, Iowa
As of October 1, 2026, Ida County, Iowa has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Jun 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
Indefinite moratorium, unanimous. Supervisors want more information before allowing development
SourceNews
read 2026-08-13
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
29 stories tracked since 2026-08-12 across 26 outlets. 29× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. Most recent: “Ida County shares first draft of data center ordinance” (KTIV, 2026-09-08).
- Ida County shares first draft of data center ordinance
- Ida County shares first draft of data center ordinance
- After Ida County, PathOne holds data center meeting for Hull residents
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
- Residents ask questions after Path One presents data center plans in Ida County
+17 more on the story tracker.
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 29 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
- Woodbury County (30 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-23
- Salix (40 mi) — Rejectedterm not documented
- Shelby County (44 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-07-01
- Plymouth County (50 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-16
- Sioux County (58 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-16
- Dickinson County (71 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-12
- Emmet County (78 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-08-25
- Madison County (106 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-07-22
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.