How 11 data center pauses ended

The claim

Pauses usually end in a clearer set of standards rather than a closed door. Stated in public discussion of data center moratoria, October 2026.

The record

Every adopted local pause in the Calyx register whose stage is replaced or expired as of October 29, 2026: 11 places. Proposals that were voted down before adoption are not counted. Each row links to its register entry, which names its source document and says whether it was read in the original or taken from reporting.

The finding

Of 11 adopted local data center pauses that have ended, 5 were followed by written standards, 2 by outright bans, 1 by a longer extension, and 3 lapsed with no successor rule in the record.

"Successor" says how the rule that followed is marked in the register: read in the original, or reported.

Unresolved in the record

The three lapsed pauses (Larimer and Phillips counties in Colorado, Newton County in Georgia) have no successor rule recorded. That can mean the place adopted nothing, or that a successor exists and the register has not found it yet.

What this does not establish

• Eleven is a small number. 161 local pauses are still in effect, and how they end will change these shares.
• The register does not hold every pause that has ended in the United States, only the ones it tracks.
• Five of the successor rules are taken from reporting and have not yet been read in the original.
• A written standard can still be strict. Jerome Township moved data centers from permitted to conditional use; South Fulton requires a special use permit and a residential setback.

Corrections

Write to corrections@calyxos.ai with the place and a link to the document. Corrections are checked against the source and dated.