Scope
Audubon County Resolution 2026-27, as reproduced in the Board of Supervisors' minutes, imposes a temporary moratorium, effective immediately, on accepting or processing any applications for the construction of commercial Data Centers. It describes commercial Data Centers as a facility of one or more buildings used primarily for the storage, management, processing, and transmission of digital data that houses computer or network equipment, systems, servers, appliances and associated components, and its definition paragraph adds that "Data Storage Center included commercial cryptocurrency mining operations and processing."
- Geographic scope
- Audubon County, Iowa
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Audubon County Board of Supervisors
Dates
- Adopted
- 5 May 2026
- Effective
- 5 May 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- 1 May 2027
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The resolution imposes the moratorium effective immediately and until 1 May 2027, or until passage of a permanent Data Center Development ordinance, whichever comes first.
- Source document
- 5 May 2026
- Last checked
- 1 November 2026
Summary
The Audubon County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 2026-27 on 5 May 2026 with all members voting in favor, according to the meeting minutes, which reproduce the resolution after a public hearing held the same morning. The resolution imposes a temporary moratorium, effective immediately, on accepting or processing applications for the construction of commercial data centers, and its definition paragraph also refers to commercial cryptocurrency mining operations. It lasts until 1 May 2027 or until the county passes a permanent data center development ordinance. It is a temporary moratorium, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The source is the minutes of the 5 May 2026 Board of Supervisors meeting, which reproduce Resolution 2026-27 with typed signatures and record the vote as all in favor; no separately signed copy was reviewed.
- The definition paragraph uses both "commercial Data Centers" and "Data Storage Center"; this record does not interpret how far the cryptocurrency mining sentence extends the moratorium.
- Whether the board later approved these minutes was not checked.
- How the resolution applies inside incorporated cities in the county was not checked.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the county passes a permanent data center development ordinance before 1 May 2027.
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: Audubon County Board of Supervisors page on auduboncountyia.gov