Scope
Adams County Board of Supervisors Resolution 2026-25, Moratorium in Data Center Location and Construction, provides that the County shall not accept, process, approve or issue building permits, zoning permits, conditional use permits, special use permits, site plan approvals, subdivision approvals or any other land use or development approvals related to the construction, establishment, expansion or operation of any data center within the County. It also provides that no person or entity shall commence construction, grading, excavation, installation of infrastructure or development activity associated with a data center during the term of the moratorium. Individual applications may be submitted for consideration by the Board of Supervisors.
- Geographic scope
- Adams County, Iowa
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Adams County Board of Supervisors
Dates
- Adopted
- 15 June 2026
- Effective
- 15 June 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- 15 June 2028
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The resolution remains in effect for 24 months from the date of adoption unless earlier repealed, modified or extended by the Board. No calendar end date is printed; the stored 15 June 2028 is computed as 24 months from adoption on 15 June 2026.
- Source document
- 15 June 2026
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
After a public hearing on 15 June 2026, the Adams County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution 2026-25 with four members voting aye and one absent. The resolution stops the County from accepting, processing, approving or issuing building, zoning, conditional use, special use, site plan, subdivision and other land use approvals for data centers, and bars starting data center construction or site work, for 24 months from adoption unless the Board repeals, modifies or extends it. It took effect on adoption and allows individual applications to be submitted to the Board for consideration. It is a temporary resolution, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The resolution text is taken from the Board's minutes of 15 June 2026; the original resolution on file in the Auditor's office was not reviewed.
- The resolution applies to data centers 'within the County'; the hearing notice said the moratorium would apply to unincorporated areas of Adams County. The resolution does not say whether it reaches incorporated cities.
- The stored 15 June 2028 end date is computed as 24 months from adoption on 15 June 2026; the resolution prints no calendar end date.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Board repeals, modifies or extends the resolution before 15 June 2028.
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: Adams County Board of Supervisors page on adamscounty.iowa.gov
- Adams County notice of public hearing on the data center moratorium — Notice of the 15 June 2026 hearing; describes a twenty-four-month moratorium for unincorporated areas