Nebraska data center moratoriums
As of 31 Oct 2026, we count at least 23 local data center pauses in force in Nebraska, no bans and 8 proposals, across its counties and cities. At state level: checked, nothing found.
- 23 pauses in force · 0 bans · 8 proposed
- 0 pauses end within 60 days
- Checked: 93 counties, 347 cities · 31 on tracker
Cite this page
Source: Grounded Compute, Nebraska moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/nebraska/moratoriums
Every row below has its source and the date we checked it. For reporters: contact and corrections
State level · Checked, nothing found
We asked about state laws, orders and bills: checked, nothing found (31 Oct 2026).
Expiring by 30 Dec 2026
None in the next 60 days
Moratorium map · counties
- Ban: 0 counties
- Pause (active or extended): 20 counties
- Pause proposed: 7 counties
- End date passed, no update found: 0 counties
- Ended, expired or none found: 54 counties
- No government or news source found: 12 counties
- City: ban
- City: pause
- City: pause proposed
- 93 counties checked · 31 Oct 2026
- Cities on the tracker drawn as dots (4)
- Schematic; outlines: US Census
Tracker · 31 bans, pauses and proposals
- Rows grouped under their count; each count matches the figures at the top
- 17 government confirmed · 14 news reported
- Ended pauses and no-pause checks: on the map only. We checked counties and cities; nothing found is not proof that none exists
- Method
| Jurisdiction | Status | Covers | End | Permanent rules | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauses in force (23) | |||||
| Banner County | Pause | Other | – | – | bannercountyne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Butler County | Pause | Other | – | – | butlercountyne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Cass County | Pause | All data centers | – | Rules drafted | 3newsnow.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Cherry County | Pause | Other: All conditional-use permits | – | – | panhandle.newschannelnebraska.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Fillmore County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | fillmorecountyne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Furnas County | Pause | – | – | – | nebraskapublicmedia.org News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Gage County | Pause | Other | – | Rules drafted | omaha.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Garfield County | Pause | – | – | – | nebraskapublicmedia.org News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Hastings (city, Adams) | Pause | All data centers | – | – | hastingsjournal.news News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Howard County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | howardcounty.ne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Johnson County | Pause | – | – | – | nebraskapublicmedia.org News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Kearney County | Pause | Other | – | – | kearneycounty.ne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Lincoln (city, Lancaster) | Pause | – | – | – | govtech.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Logan County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | nebraskapublicmedia.org News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| McPherson County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | mcphersoncounty.ne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Nance County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | nancecountyne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Omaha (city, Douglas) | Pause | – | – | – | govtech.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Otoe County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | 1011now.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Rock County | Pause | – | – | – | nebraskapublicmedia.org News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Seward County | Pause | All data centers | – | Rules drafted | 1011now.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Thomas County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | thomascountyne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Dundy County | Pause, extended | Other | – | – | dundycounty.ne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Red Willow County | Pause, extended | All data centers | – | – | redwillowcountyne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Proposed (8) | |||||
| Clay County | Pause proposed | All data centers | – | – | theclaycountynews.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Dakota County | Pause proposed | – | – | – | dakotacounty.ne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Hitchcock County | Pause proposed | All data centers | – | – | hitchcockcounty.ne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Knox County | Pause proposed | All data centers | – | – | knoxcountyne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Loup County | Pause proposed | Above a size threshold: High-density data processing facilities with connected electrical service capacity or peak power demand of 65 kW or greater | – | Rules drafted | loupcounty.nebraska.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Pierce County | Pause proposed | All data centers | – | – | piercecountyne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Taylor (city, Loup) | Pause proposed | Above a size threshold: High-density data processing facilities with connected electrical service capacity or peak power demand of 65 kW or greater | – | Rules drafted | loupcounty.nebraska.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Wheeler County | Pause proposed | All data centers | – | – | wheelercounty.ne.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
– = not found in the sources we checked
Source: Grounded Compute, Nebraska moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/nebraska/moratoriums
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