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Moratoria, zoning amendments and siting ordinances for data centers, battery storage, solar and wind in Walker County.

Pending

  1. On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
    Board of Commissioners · (upcoming)
    “and development, and permit applications for data centers while the County's proposed regulations WHEREAS, without an extended moratorium, there may be a rush of rezoning, land are being studied, prepared, and…”
    Source document, p. 34 (opens in a new tab) Packet +3 related mentions

History

On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
Board of Commissioners · (upcoming)
“…The extended moratorium amendment to the Zoning Code addressing the data center matters described in the preamble shall terminate upon the earliest of: (1) 11:59 p.m. on February 5, 2027”
Source document, p. 35 (opens in a new tab) Packet +1 related mention
On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
Board of Commissioners · (upcoming)
“e extended moratorium, the County shall not accept any application relating to the placement, siting, construction, establishment, expansion, or operation of a data center within unincorporated Walker County, including…”
Source document, p. 35 (opens in a new tab) Packet
On the agenda (before the vote) Moratorium Data centers
Board of Commissioners · (upcoming)
“…of occupancy, and other development acceptance of applications for rezoning, land disturbance permits, building permits, special use operation of data centers within unincorporated Walker County (the "Initial…”
Source document, p. 33 (opens in a new tab) Packet

Enacted moratoria on record

  • 2026-07-09 · Data centers
    Board of Commissioners vote approving a 30-day moratorium barring acceptance of applications to locate data centers in unincorporated Walker County

Source: Moratorium Nation (Michael J. Bommarito), CC BY 4.0. Matched to this jurisdiction by name and location; check the original record.