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Durham County, North Carolina

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

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Enacted moratoria on record

  • 2026-08-24 · Data centers, Crypto mining
    Ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium on the permitting of large-scale data centers, data processing facilities, cryptocurrency mining operations and similar uses (Legistar file 26-0437; ordinance number not shown), N.C.G.S. 160D-107; adopted 2026-08-24. Exempts facilities up to 100,000 sq ft using closed-loop or equivalent cooling and non-diesel backup generation. Preceded by a 2026-06-22 UDO text amendment (TC2600002) removing local limits on moratorium length.

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