Madison County Commissioners approve six-month data center moratorium
The Madison County Commissioners have approved a six-month moratorium on data center development within the county. This decision follows a recommendation from the Madison County Plan Commission, with an option to extend the pause for an additional six months.
The Madison County Commissioners in Indiana have officially approved a six-month moratorium on data center development. The decision, made on Tuesday, follows a recommendation from the Madison County Plan Commission, which had endorsed the temporary halt last week.
This measure provides the option for the moratorium to be extended for an additional six months, potentially allowing for a full year of pause on new data center projects. Madison County becomes the ninth county in Indiana to enact such a moratorium, indicating a growing trend in the state regarding data center regulation. The article notes that Meta had recently broken ground on a 1,500-acre data center campus in Lebanon, though this project is located in a different county and serves as context for the broader regional discussion.