The commission heard a first reading of Ordinance 2026-010, which would restrict data centers and AI training facilities to special-exception approvals, impose infrastructure, resilience and noise standards, and establish a fee schedule through a companion resolution. Planners cited state action and local infrastructure concerns.

The Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously to amend zoning code to require special-use permits for data centers and cryptocurrency-mining facilities and to add performance tripwires to capture high-power users. The change moves decisions to City Council through a public hearing process.

Mountain Home’s Planning & Zoning Commission held an extended workshop on data‑center regulation — debating moratoria, definitions, and the infrastructure (water, power, wastewater, fiber) implications — and agreed to coordinate with City Council in a joint meeting to continue drafting an ordinance.

The Louisa County board voted to set a public hearing on July 7 for an ordinance proposing an immediate 18‑month moratorium on rezoning, permits and building related to data‑center projects while officials draft zoning rules and study water, noise and infrastructure impacts.

The board appointed two Select Board designees and planning board members to a zoning bylaw committee, discussed interest in a 40Y opt‑in overlay and a proposed one‑year moratorium on data‑center development to allow zoning standards to be studied and written, and voted to recommend the committee slate.

County counsel presented a draft utility-installation ordinance that would broadly define utility facilities and attach penalties for work without permits; commissioners discussed tying load-pass (haul‑route) requirements to conditional-use permits and haul‑road agreements. Counsel will provide red-lined edits next month.

ZTA‑26‑23 would define electric transmission facilities (including substations and switching stations), require special‑use permits and establish regulations; the commission recommended approval 5‑0 after discussing entrance‑corridor protections and preemption concerns.

Councilors raised alarms after a developer reportedly sought to site a data center in PH‑5; members asked the city manager and city attorney to explore legislative or land‑use code options, including a possible prohibition, and to brief council on next steps.

The Sawyer County Zoning Committee voted to pursue an 18‑month moratorium on large data‑center development and schedule a July public hearing while staff and county counsel draft model ordinance language, citing definitional gaps and potential impacts on power and water infrastructure.

City attorney and staff outlined how the city can regulate broadband companies that work in public rights-of-way, distinguishing permitting authority from franchise authority and recommending a staff review of permitting fees, reporting and enforcement.

After a marathon public hearing, Greenwood County Council approved second reading of a zoning text amendment to regulate data centers, directing staff to tighten language before third reading amid strong public calls for a moratorium and detailed utility assurances from local providers.

Senators spent hours debating an amendment to S 8 53 that would have prevented data centers from qualifying for an abandoned‑building tax credit. Sponsors framed it as preventing subsidies for data centers; opponents argued it improperly grafted substantive policy onto a technical bill. The amendment was tabled 31‑12; the bill later received third reading 33‑10.

HB 933 establishes rules for utility crossing fees at railroad crossings in Montana.

After more than two hours of public comment raising water, noise and land‑use concerns, the Bloomington City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance for the May 26 meeting to impose at least a six‑month moratorium targeted at hyperscale data centers; staff said outright bans are unlikely but heavy regulation is possible.

Committee members heard a report on data-center zoning, discussed adopting a formal definition and conditions (water and power safeguards), and asked staff to compile municipal and Sangamon County sample language; no ordinance vote was taken.

Tennessee passes SB 1138 ensuring continuous operation of long-standing sewerage systems outside city boundaries.

John Kelly voices concerns to Mobile County Commission about dirt pit traffic risks.

Milford City Council adopted Ordinance 4‑2026, a 180‑day moratorium on data centers and related facilities while it studies policy, and unanimously approved the FY2026–27 operating budget and a property tax rate that will provide about $129,063 to the city.