The data center fight in Pulaski County, Indiana
As of October 1, 2026, Pulaski County, Indiana has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Feb 2, 2026; documented end date 2027-02-02).
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
12-month moratorium, unanimous, after the Advisory Plan Commission recommended it 5-0 on Jan 26, 2026. Preemptive — no proposal had been submitted as of the vote. Commissioner Jennifer Knebel cited the strain of the ongoing Mammoth Solar project as a reason for the pause; Commissioner Don Street said he'd hear a proposal if one came and wants the eventual ordinance to cover setbacks, power and water. A search-engine claim of a Jul 2026 extension vote could not be traced to any real article or county record and is not included here — treat the moratorium as running through approximately Feb 2, 2027 absent primary-sourced confirmation otherwise
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read 2026-09-02
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
14 stories tracked since 2026-02-02 across 10 outlets. 8× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. 3× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. Most recent: “County judge vetoes Pulaski County data center moratorium; override of veto expected” (Arkansas Times, 2026-09-26).
- County judge vetoes Pulaski County data center moratorium; override of veto expected
- Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde vetoes data center ordinance passed by quorum court
- Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde vetoes ordinance on data center regulations
- Judge Hyde vetoes Pulaski County data center ordinance over legal concerns
- Pulaski County's first data center ordinance awaits judge's signature; no AVAIO carve-out
- Pulaski County passes controversial ordinance regulating data centers
- Pulaski County Quorum Court adopts data center regulation ordinance
- After months of turmoil, Pulaski County passes sweeping data center rules
- Pulaski County leaders adopt new data center regulations; ordinance awaits Judge Barry Hyde’s signature
- Multicounty police chase ends in fatal shooting in Winamac
- Police investigate pursuit turned officer-involved shooting in Winamac
- Traffic Alert: U.S. 35 south of Winamac set to close for seal coat operations
+2 more on the story tracker.
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 14 headlines archived.
Where the decision gets made
Pulaski County Board of Commissioners — Adopted the data center moratorium ordinance on Feb. 2, 2026, on the Advisory Plan Commission's 5-0 recommendation; will adopt any resulting data-center zoning ordinance drafted during the moratorium period.
Meets: First and third Monday of each month (Tuesday if the Monday is a holiday); first meeting at 6:00 p.m. ET, third meeting at 8:30 a.m. ET. Joint sessions with County Council on the second Monday of even-numbered months at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Where: Courthouse meeting room, second floor, 112 East Main Street, Winamac, IN 46996
Public comment: Public comment via a 'request to appear' form submitted to the Board Secretary in the Auditor's Office ahead of a meeting; a conference-request form is also available.
commissioner1@pulaskicounty.in.gov; commissioner2@pulaskicounty.in.gov; commissioner3@pulaskicounty.in.gov · 574-946-3653 · website
Read from the official page on 2026-09-02. Meeting details change — confirm before you go.
Who votes on it
| Name | Role | Phone | Recorded stance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald "Don" Street, Jr. | President, Board of Commissioners | commissioner2@pulaskicounty.in.gov | 574-946-3653 | Said he was open to hearing a data center proposal if one were submitted, and wants the county's eventual ordinance to address setbacks, power, and water concerns. |
| Jennifer "Jenny" Knebel | Commissioner | commissioner1@pulaskicounty.in.gov | 574-946-3653 | Said "a data center may not be right for the county at this time," citing strain from the ongoing Mammoth Solar project. |
| John M. "Mike" McClure | Vice-President, Board of Commissioners; also serves as ex-officio member of the Advisory Plan Commission | commissioner3@pulaskicounty.in.gov | 574-946-3653 | not recorded |
| Karla Redweik | Building Inspector and Plan Administrator (staff, non-voting) | — | 574.946.7858 | not recorded |
| Abby Shidler-Dickey | President, Advisory Plan Commission (recommended the moratorium 5-0) | — | 574.946.7858 | not recorded |
From the locality's own roster page; "not recorded" means no public statement is on file, not neutrality.
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 Indiana.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Indiana briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Indiana
- Starke County (16 mi) — Enactedexpires 2026-12-15
- White County (22 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-10-20
- Fulton County (23 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-03-02
- Cass County (27 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Marshall County (29 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Miami County (39 mi) — Enactedterm not documented
- Merrillville (44 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-05-31
- Michigan City (47 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
All 23 tracked actions in Indiana 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.