Nevada Data Center Moratorium Tracker
Nevada has 1 state-level data-center restriction in force. 1 more bill is pending. 11 city and county measures are tracked here, 10 of them in force. Every entry below links to its primary source: a legislature page, a governor's office, a local government, or the reporting of record.
State-level measures in Nevada
Every statewide moratorium, pause, siting restriction, or tax-incentive rollback in Nevada we can verify against a primary source. Strongest status first.
| Measure | Status | What it does | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Order 2026-005Nevada Standard for Responsible Data Center Development | In force 2026-09 | Gov. Joe Lombardo signed Executive Order 2026-005 on Sept. 18, 2026, adding conditions to the state's data center tax abatement program. Applicants must pay the Local School Support Tax in full, cover project-related costs so they are not passed to ratepayers, meet local water standards and execute a binding Community Support Commitment before applications go to the GOED Board. It is not a moratorium. | |
| Executive Order on Data Centers | Proposed 2026-09 | Governor Joe Lombardo issued a new executive order expressing strong support for attracting AI data centers to Nevada, offering reduced tax incentives and making commitments to address public concerns. The order frames data centers as a key opportunity for economic growth and fiscal diversification in the state. |
City and county moratoria in Nevada
Most of the movement is local, where a building pause or permit halt does not need a legislative session. 11 tracked measures in Nevada, each with its source.
Where Nevada stands
Across the whole tracker we hold 334 state-level measures in 49 states and 1253 city and county measures, against 1419 primary sources. Nevada accounts for 2 of the state-level measures and 11 of the local ones.
By total measures on record it is #34 of the 50 states and DC carrying any tracked action, and #32 by city and county measures alone. Ranking is by count of sourced entries in this dataset, so it measures documented activity, not the size of the buildout.
Sources for Nevada
11 citations behind the entries above. Each opens in a new tab.
- Statewide · Executive Order 2026-005 — Nevada Standard for Responsible Data Center Development gov.nv.gov →
- Statewide — Executive Order on Data Centers nevadacurrent.com →
- Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe and 1 other locality — Tribal moratorium on data centers with no end date kunr.org →
- Humboldt County and 1 other locality — 2 separate measures, cited together thenevadaindependent.com →
- Nye County — Ban on data centers in Pahrump Valley / Basin 162 nevadacurrent.com →
- Nye County (Pahrump) — Local moratorium on data centers with no end date pvtimes.com →
- Reno — Extended data center moratorium nevadacurrent.com →
- Reno (Moratorium Rejection) — Reno (Moratorium Rejection) data center moratorium thisisreno.com →
- Reno (data center moratorium extended into 2027), NV — Reno (data center moratorium extended into 2027), NV data center moratorium kunr.org →
- White Pine County — Local moratorium on data centers through January 18, 2027 elynews.com →
- Henderson — Rejected local moratorium on data centers thenevadaindependent.com →
What does bind large loads in Nevada
A moratorium is only one way a data center gets stopped. The grid operator decides whether it can connect at all, and on what terms. Nevada sits in 2 footprints.
NV Energy is non-RTO (WECC); FERC notes CAISO covers a small part of Nevada.
States next door
5 of the 5 states bordering Nevada have at least one data-center measure on record. Restrictions tend to travel between neighbors, so this is usually where the next one comes from.
Data centers in Nevada
The US Data Center Map identifies 61 facilities run by 27 operators in Nevada, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with the measures on this page beside them.
Open the Nevada data center map → · The US Data Center Map →
How to read this page
In force = a moratorium, siting restriction, or tax-incentive rollback that is currently enacted, by statute or executive order. Paused = a temporary hold on new incentives or applications. Proposed = introduced and still pending. Failed / vetoed = died in committee, was voted down, or was vetoed.
This page is generated from the same primary-sourced dataset as the national U.S. Data Center Moratorium Tracker and is re-checked on the same weekly cycle, whether or not anything changed. Legislative status changes quickly; it is informational, not legal advice. Spot something out of date in Nevada? Tell us.
Companion references: the Data Center Grid Operator Watchlist for the interconnection and curtailment rules that bind here, the Data Center Water Tracker for water mandates, and the Data Center Delay Watchlist for named projects.
Why Nevada is pushing back
The objections repeat from state to state: strain on the electric grid, water drawn for cooling, and the sense that a facility takes local resources without giving much back. SAVRN builds AI factories designed around those three objections: on-site power that does not lean on the public grid, direct-to-chip cooling that does not consume municipal water, and a training institute that puts local people to work inside the building.
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