Johnson County leaders discuss how to manage future data center projects
News Clip1:52Iowa's News Now·Johnson County, IA·7/22/2026
Johnson County leaders and city officials are discussing forming a regional group to coordinate their approach to future data center projects. The initiative aims to establish guiding principles and address the complexities of data center development across jurisdictional boundaries. One idea proposed is to require group members to not be under non-disclosure agreements with data center developers.
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Gov: Johnson County Board of Supervisors, Johnson County City Leaders
City leaders throughout Johnson County, and the board of supervisors, discussed creating a group to share their positions on data centers and establish guiding principles.
"This is a complex issue and a regional approach matters because data centers do not operate within the boundaries of a single jurisdiction," Nancy Bird, president & CEO of Greater Iowa City, Inc., told the room when presenting the idea of this group.
One idea shared was requiring anyone in the group to not be under a non-disclosure agreement with a data center developer.
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