City of Peru, IN — Temporary Data Center Moratorium

The City of Peru put a temporary hold on new data centers within city limits while it works out a permanent ordinance, which it plans to model on neighboring Miami County's approach. City Council President Tim Fischer described it as a placeholder: 'until we can get an ordinance in place where we can have some rules and guidelines for bringing data centers into the city limits.'

Technical detail

Press-reported as approved by the Peru Planning Commission (unanimous), with the City Council discussing next steps (the permanent ordinance) at a meeting the article places around July 8, 2026. Exact adoption date, vote count, and ordinance/resolution number are not given in coverage and were not independently locatable (City of Peru's document center returned 403 to automated fetches). Distinct from Miami County's own ordinance (in-miami-county-dc-moratorium-ord-05-04-2026), which covers only unincorporated county land, not the city.

Who is protected: City of Peru residents, through a pause on new data centers within city limits while the city drafts a permanent ordinance.

Who must comply: The City of Peru and any applicant seeking to bring a data center into city limits.

Key facts

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