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Mesa County 1-year data center moratorium

Mesa County, CO

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Mesa County, CO
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Opposed

Moratoriums

  • Mesa County (unincorporated): land-use applications for data center facilities · through 12 months from 2026-09-29 · Grand Junction Daily Sentinel / county press release

Notes

Moratorium buys time for land development code rewrite that currently does not address data centers. Grand Junction city staff also working on a city ordinance up to 1 year.

Timeline

  • Sep 29, 2026Commissioners approved 12-month moratorium on acceptance/processing/approval of land-use applications for data centers in unincorporated Mesa County; effective immediately; no projects currently in works · source ↗

Sources

  1. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: County approves 1-year moratorium on data centers ↗ · as of
  2. Western Slope Now / KREX: Mesa County freezes data center applications (unanimous) ↗ · as of

Compiled from public records and reporting. Values a source did not state are marked “not reported”. Record ID co-mesa-county-moratorium. Back to the tracker.