District 4 Justice of the Peace Julie Blackwood said ordinance is necessary to avoid county vulnerability to data center impacts
Data centers in Pulaski County, Arkansas
Pulaski County has 3 data centers on the record: 1 running and 2 proposed. Pulaski County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Pulaski County Quorum Court on Tuesday approved a measure to establish new regulations on data centers, September 22, 2026.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The 3 data centers in Pulaski County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
AVAIO Pulaski County Data Center
Wrightsville, Pulaski County · AVAIO
No dated entry on the record yet.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- 1 GWthird party estimate
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Eaton Corp. North Little Rock Manufacturing Site
North Little Rock, Pulaski County · Eaton Corp.
No dated entry on the record yet.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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3 data centers in Pulaski County: 1 running, 2 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Pulaski County on the record (3)
| City | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Little Rock | 1 | 0 |
| North Little Rock | 1 | 1 |
| Wrightsville | 1 | 0 |
What Pulaski County has decided
2 bodies, 7 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Pulaski Countycounty
Pulaski County Quorum Court on Tuesday approved a measure to establish new regulations on data centers, September 22, 2026.
5 acts on this row
- litigation
Pulaski County Quorum Court on Tuesday approved a measure to establish new regulations on data centers
- litigation
Pulaski County Quorum Court voted 11-4 Tuesday night in favor of new data center regulations
- ordinance
Pulaski County Quorum Court on September 22, 2026 passed 11-4 an ordinance to regulate large data centers in unincorporated parts of the county, covering noise, fire safety, and water consumption. AVAIO Digital's proposed $6 billion, 1 gigawatt Wrightsville campus will be subject to the new rules.
- litigation
Pulaski County Quorum Court delayed final vote on proposed regulations for data center development.
- ordinance
Pulaski County voted down data center ordinance
- litigation
North Little Rock approved new zoning regulations establishing where data center campuses can operate and what requirements developments must meet before receiving approval, reported September 15, 2026.
2 acts on this row
- ordinance
North Little Rock approved new zoning regulations establishing where data center campuses can operate and what requirements developments must meet before receiving approval.
- ordinance
North Little Rock city council approved an ordinance applying zoning regulations to future data center campuses within city limits on Monday night, September 15, 2026.
Also reported by 1 source
- arkansasonline.com local outlet
- ordinance
What happened
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· Pulaski County
Litigation: Pulaski County Quorum Court on Tuesday approved a measure to establish new regulations on data centers arkansasonline.com local outlet
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· Pulaski County
Litigation: Pulaski County Quorum Court voted 11-4 Tuesday night in favor of new data center regulations ualrpublicradio.org local outlet
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· Pulaski County
Ordinance: Pulaski County Quorum Court on September 22, 2026 passed 11-4 an ordinance to regulate large data centers in unincorporated parts of the county, covering noise, fire safety, and water consumption. arktimes.com local outlet
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· North Little Rock
Ordinance: North Little Rock approved new zoning regulations establishing where data center campuses can operate and what requirements developments must meet before receiving approval. katv.com local outlet
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· North Little Rock
Ordinance: North Little Rock city council approved an ordinance applying zoning regulations to future data center campuses within city limits on Monday night, September 15, 2026. nwaonline.com local outlet
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· Pulaski County
Litigation: Pulaski County Quorum Court delayed final vote on proposed regulations for data center development. arkansasonline.com local outlet
What was said
Julie Blackwood, JP, says AVAIO will not be grandfathered in and must go through county regulations.
Wendell Griffen, Pulaski County Judge Democratic nominee, helped write the ordinance
Every Arkansas statement, by speaker
1 more statement on this page
Disclosed figures
1 GW power
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 1 GW | 1 | 2 | 1 third party estimate | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 3 | 1 GW | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 3 tracked facilities in Pulaski County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 3 tracked facilities in Pulaski County are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Pulaski County, Arkansas", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ar/pulaski-county, updated September 25, 2026.
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