Scope
Nance County Resolution #26-13, as reproduced in the Board of Supervisors' minutes, imposes a moratorium on data center development, effective immediately, on the commencement of construction of data centers, the issuance of building permits to construct data centers, the issuance of conditional use permits for data center development, and any and all authorization of projects intended to include construction of data centers. It defines a data center as any facility that receives the majority of its income from the compiling, storage, and maintenance of documents, records, and other information in digital form using mainframe computers, servers, storage devices, cloud storage or any similar medium, and excludes general business offices, computer-related sales establishments, and business and personal services.
- Geographic scope
- Nance County, Nebraska
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Nance County Board of Supervisors
Dates
- Adopted
- 11 August 2026
- Effective
- 11 August 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The resolution keeps the moratorium in effect until the sooner of 12 months or new zoning regulations regarding data centers being formally adopted, published and legally binding in Nance County, at which time it automatically expires unless extended by separate resolution. The resolution does not state the day from which the 12 months run, so no end date is stored.
- Source document
- 11 August 2026
- Last checked
- 1 November 2026
Summary
The Nance County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution #26-13 at its 11 August 2026 meeting, according to the meeting minutes, which reproduce the resolution and record that motions carried 7-0 unless otherwise noted. The resolution imposes a moratorium, effective immediately, on starting construction of data centers and on building permits, conditional use permits and other authorizations for data center projects. It lasts until the sooner of 12 months or new county zoning regulations on data centers taking legal effect, unless extended by separate resolution. It is a temporary moratorium, not a permanent prohibition.
What this does not establish
- The source is the minutes of the 11 August 2026 Board of Supervisors meeting, which reproduce Resolution #26-13 and state the roll call that applied to all motions except where specified; no separately signed copy of the resolution was reviewed.
- Whether the board later approved these minutes was not checked.
- The resolution does not say from which day the 12 months run, so no end date is stored.
- How the resolution applies inside incorporated cities and villages in the county was not checked.
Unresolved questions
- From which day the 12-month term runs and whether the board extends it or adopts data center zoning regulations first.
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: Nance County Board of Supervisors page on nancecountyne.gov