Nye County water board pushes data center moratorium

By: Jeniffer Solis

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: May 27, 2026

Words: 691

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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The Nye County Water District Governing Board unanimously approved an emergency order Tuesday requesting that the Nye County Commission place a moratorium on data centers in the Pahrump Valley.

The emergency order is non-binding and includes draft language for an ordinance that would make data center projects a non-permissive use of water within the Pahrump Regional Planning District and Nevada Hydrographic Basin 162, a critically over-appropriated aquifer.

Board members emphasized that they do …

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