The data center fight in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
As of September 27, 2026, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana rejected a data center moratorium (action taken Apr 13, 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
Parish Council voted 5-3 against an 8-month moratorium on data centers. Instead chose immediate regulation; unanimously approved first data center zoning regulations in June 2026 (noise limits, buffer zones).
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read 2026-09-12
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
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Where the decision gets made
Parish Council — Zoning and ordinances (9 members, Home Rule Charter). Rejected a proposed 8-month moratorium (Apr 2026, 5-3) but unanimously adopted the parish's first data-center zoning regulations (Jun 2026): M-1/M-2 zones only, 300-ft buffer from residences, 55 dB noise limit, backup generator testing weekdays 7a-6p only.
Meets: 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, St. Charles Parish Courthouse, 15045 River Road, Hahnville, LA 70057
Public comment: Submit a written request to address the Council. 5-minute limit per speaker; additional 3 minutes with two-thirds consent.
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Read from the official page on 2026-08-12. Meeting details change — confirm before you go.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
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Nearby in Louisiana
- New Orleans (17 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-01-28
- Caddo Parish (275 mi) — Rejectedterm not documented
All 3 tracked actions in Louisiana 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.