The Agenda with the Missoula County Commissioners
Oct 21, 2026 · 34 min · 13 segments
On July 9, the Missoula County commissioners adopted a countywide one-year moratorium on new or expanded data centers outside Missoula city limits. The moratorium was adopted through interim zoning…
Josh SlotnickHost
Juanita VeroHostA little bit of a long story, but I'm sure as most folks across the county are aware, Missoula County has seen some interest from data center developers recently.
That project did ultimately fall through when the landowner out there withdrew support.
But for several reasons, you know, Missoula County could be an attractive location potentially for future data center developers more broadly.
We're located in a region with comparatively low electricity rates and a cool climate.
We're also positioned along a major highway and along a major electrical transmission corridor.
And all of these things are taken into consideration by data center developers when they're looking for places to site these types of facilities.
So there is potential that in the future we could see some additional interest from data center developers.
Tell us about our old zoning that dealt with data centers and how that played into the business owner's decision to not follow through.
So as you mentioned, we did have some zoning regulations in place when this proposal came in.
this year.
So the zoning regulations were originally adopted in response to a past cryptocurrency mining operation.
A little bit of a long story, but I'm sure as most folks across the county are aware, Missoula County has seen some interest from data center developers recently.
That project did ultimately fall through when the landowner out there withdrew support.
But for several reasons, you know, Missoula County could be an attractive location potentially for future data center developers more broadly.
We're located in a region with comparatively low electricity rates and a cool climate.
We're also positioned along a major highway and along a major electrical transmission corridor.
And all of these things are taken into consideration by data center developers when they're looking for places to site these types of facilities.
So there is potential that in the future we could see some additional interest from data center developers.
Tell us about our old zoning that dealt with data centers and how that played into the business owner's decision to not follow through.
So as you mentioned, we did have some zoning regulations in place when this proposal came in.
this year.
So the zoning regulations were originally adopted in response to a past cryptocurrency mining operation.
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