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Moratoria, zoning amendments and siting ordinances for data centers, battery storage, solar and wind in City of Virginia Beach (Virginia Beach city).

Pending

No upcoming vote or hearing detected in the documents we have read.

Enacted moratoria on record

  • 2026-08-18 · Data centers
    Resolution adopted by Virginia Beach City Council on August 18, 2026, pausing the issuance of permits related to any new data center for 12 months or until Council takes final action on an ordinance regulating data centers, whichever occurs first; follows planning staff's finding that data centers are currently classified, by default, as wholesaling/warehousing/storage/distribution uses permitted by right in industrial districts.

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