Scope
Nassau County Ordinance No. 2026-044 imposes a temporary moratorium on the acceptance, review, or approval of applications for development permits, development orders, rezoning, or site plans related to data centers, data processing facilities, data mining or cryptocurrency mining operations within unincorporated Nassau County. Section 3 of the first-reading text lists rezoning applications, conditional use permits, development permits, site plan approvals, building permits and other development approvals for the construction, expansion, or operation of such facilities. Section 6 of that text runs the moratorium for twelve months from and including the effective date, or until amending regulations take effect, whichever first occurs.
- Geographic scope
- Unincorporated Nassau County, Florida
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Nassau County Board of County Commissioners
Dates
- Adopted
- 8 June 2026
- Effective
- Effective status not verified
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- Section 6 of the first-reading text: twelve months from and including the effective date, or until the effective date of amendments relating to data center facilities, whichever first occurs. Section 9 makes the ordinance effective on filing with the Secretary of State; the filing day is not shown, so no end date is computed.
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
Nassau County's Board of County Commissioners approved Ordinance No. 2026-044 on 8 June 2026, according to the county's data centers page. The ordinance places a temporary moratorium of up to twelve months on accepting, reviewing or approving applications for rezoning, permits, site plans and other development approvals for data centers, data processing facilities and cryptocurrency mining operations in unincorporated Nassau County. The first-reading text says it takes effect on filing with the Florida Secretary of State, which is not shown, so no end date is recorded. It is temporary, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The adoption day comes from the county's data centers page. The ordinance text read is the first-reading version linked from that page; the signed adopted text was not opened and may differ.
- The effective day depends on filing with the Florida Secretary of State, which is not shown, so the twelve-month end is not computed.
- The moratorium also covers data processing facilities, data mining and cryptocurrency mining operations.
- It applies only in unincorporated Nassau County.
Unresolved questions
- The day Ordinance No. 2026-044 took effect on filing with the Secretary of State, and the resulting end of the twelve-month term.
- Whether amending regulations take effect before the twelve months run.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
Primary source: Nassau County Board of County Commissioners page on nassaucountyfl.com
- First-reading text of Ordinance No. 2026-044 — Ordinance text as presented for first reading (covered approvals, duration and effective-date clause); not the signed adopted copy