Clark County Board Asked to Consider Data Center Moratorium

Clark County Board | July 17, 2026

Article Summary: Two speakers asked the Clark County Board on Friday, July 17, 2026, to consider a moratorium on data centers, pointing to a facility under construction in Sullivan County, Indiana, and to a two-year moratorium they said Crawford County has adopted. The board took no action and the minutes record no discussion by members.

Data Center Moratorium Key Points:

The item appeared on the agenda as “Bob Crocker re: Moratorium on Data Centers” under new business.

Crocker and Duane Wampler spoke about a data center being constructed in Sullivan County, Indiana.

Crocker informed the board that Crawford County had passed a moratorium on data centers for two years.

No motion was made, no vote was taken, and the minutes record no response from board members.

CLARK COUNTY — Two men asked the Clark County Board on Friday, July 17, 2026, to look at a moratorium on data centers, in an item placed on the board’s new business agenda under the heading “Bob Crocker re: Moratorium on Data Centers.”

Bob Crocker and Duane Wampler spoke to the board regarding the data center that is being constructed in Sullivan County, Indiana, according to the minutes. Crocker informed the board that Crawford County had passed a moratorium on data centers for two years.

That is the entirety of what the official record contains on the item. The minutes record no motion, no second, no vote, no referral and no reply from any board member. They do not say what Crocker and Wampler asked the board to do, what concerns they raised about the Indiana facility, or whether either man requested that a draft moratorium be prepared for a future meeting.

The minutes’ attendance roster identifies Crocker as present over “Data Center Concerns” and Wampler as a “Sullivan IN farmer.” Also listed in attendance were Jerry Woodfall of IBEW 725, Warren LeFever of the Marshall City Council, and several residents and committee members.

Nothing in the minutes or the agenda indicates that a data center has been proposed, sited or applied for anywhere in Clark County, and nothing connects the Sullivan County project to any Clark County property or applicant. The record also does not say when Crawford County acted, what its moratorium covers or what prompted it; that account is Crocker’s as recorded by the clerk.

Because the item drew no motion, it carries no procedural standing going forward. Under the board’s standing agenda, new business items may be placed for discussion without an accompanying resolution, and an item receiving no motion is simply received. Any county moratorium or zoning restriction would require separate action by the board at a future meeting.

The board’s next regular meeting is Aug. 21, 2026, at 8 a.m. at the Clark County Courthouse in Marshall.