Ohio Moratoria
Every infrastructure moratorium we have identified in Ohio as of April 2026.
35 instruments — 31 in force, 2 pending, 2 past. Activity level: High.
| Jurisdiction | Type | Date enacted | Duration | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbold | Village | Not enacted; tabled 2026-02-16 | N/A | 🟡 Pending |
| Avon | City | 2026-04-14 (Section 1 of Ordinance 37-26 specifies sunset April 14, 2027, implyi | Through 2027-04-14, extendable up to 6 months by Council | 🟢 Active |
| Blanchester | Village | 2026 | — | 🟢 Active |
| Canton Township | Township | 2026-04-09 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Cincinnati | City | 2026-02 initial; extended 2026-04-01 | Through end of 2026 | 🟢 Extended |
| City of New Carlisle | City | 2026-02-17 | 12 months from 2026-03-04 effective date | 🟢 Active |
| City of Norton | City | 2025-12-01 | 180 days | 🟡 Pending |
| City of Waterville | City | 2025-12-08 | 6 months | 🟢 Active |
| Cleveland | City | Proposed 2026-04-28; not enacted as of captured reporting | Proposed 1 year | 🟡 Pending |
| Findlay | City | 2026-04-21 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Hubbard Township | Township | 2026-02-10 (Tuesday vote per Vindicator reporting; trustees voted 2-1 with Trust | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Jerome Township | Township | 2025-09-03 | 9 months | 🟢 Active |
| Kent | City | 2026-04-15 | Not to exceed 1 year | 🟢 Active |
| Lake Township | Township | 2026-03-03 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Massillon | City | 2026-04-06 | 180 days | 🟢 Active |
| Maumee | City | 2026-02-02 | 12 months | 🔴 Rescinded |
| Monclova Township | Township | 2026-02-17 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Mount Orab | Village | 2026-03-03 (confirmed via WLWT 2026-04 reporting: "On March 3, village leaders v | 180 days | 🟢 Active |
| Pierce Township | Township | 2026-02-11 | 8 months | 🟢 Active |
| Plain Township | Township | 2026-03-24 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Providence Township | Township | 2026-04-15 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Ravenna | City | 2026-04-20 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Richfield Township | Township | 2026-02-17 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Scioto Township | Township | 2026-03-05 (Thursday trustee meeting per Scioto Post; Trustee Wasmus introduced | 12 months (Trustee Wolfe's 6-month proposal rejected) | 🟢 Active |
| Shawnee Township | Township | 2026-04-13 | 18 months | 🟢 Active |
| South Bloomfield | Village | 2025-12-15 | 180 days | 🟢 Active |
| Spencer Township | Township | 2026-03-05 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Sprigg Township | Township | 2026-03-02 | 12 months voluntary moratorium | 🟢 Active |
| Tallmadge | City | 2026-04-13 | 6 months or until code changes/revocation | 🟢 Active |
| Tiffin | City | 2026-04-20 (third reading waived; passed 6-0 on third reading, declared emergenc | Up to 12 months; clock stops early if zoning review completes earlier | 🟢 Active |
| Vermilion | City | 2026-03-23 (effective date; Section 1 of Ordinance 2026-17 specifies the morator | Through 2027-03-23 | 🟢 Active |
| Village of Ashville | Village | 2025-12-22 | 180 days | 🔴 Rescinded |
| Village of Lordstown | Village | 2026-01-05 | Not to exceed 180 days | 🟢 Active |
| Washington Township | Township | 2025-12-08 | 90 days initial; six-month extension listed on 2026-02-10 agenda | ⚪ Expired |
| Waterville Township | Township | 2025-12-17 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
Detailed entries
Archbold
- Type: Village
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: Not enacted; tabled 2026-02-16
- Duration: N/A
- Moratorium ID:
oh-archbold-2026 - Legal basis: Proposed moratorium tabled by council
- What prompted it: Resident concern over land off County Road C and possible data center industrialization
- Affected projects: No formal project confirmed by village officials in captured reporting
- Detailed status: Tabled; study instead
- Outcome: Village and county officials studying possible impacts
Avon
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-14 (Section 1 of Ordinance 37-26 specifies sunset April 14, 2027, implyi
- Duration: Through 2027-04-14, extendable up to 6 months by Council
- Moratorium ID:
oh-avon-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 37-26 (text confirmed via cityofavon.com PDF capture)
- What prompted it: Increased interest in data centers and need to study state codes, local ordinances, and regulatory controls
- Affected projects: Future permitted, special, accessory, zoning, building, occupancy, site plan, and related approvals for data centers
- Detailed status: Active per ordinance language (declared emergency measure for immediate effect upon mayor's approval)
- Outcome: Planning Commission directed to begin data center regulatory study at next regular meeting
Blanchester
- Type: Village
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026
- Duration: —
- Moratorium ID:
oh-blanchester-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 2026.007, "Ordinance Establishing Data Center Moratorium"
- Detailed status: Listed on village 2026 documents page; full text not captured because site output was incomplete
Canton Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-09
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-canton-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee resolution drafted by township law director [CITE primary text not captured]
- What prompted it: Resident concerns over noise, electricity and water consumption, wastewater, aesthetics, and nearby projects
- Affected projects: Does not affect properties annexed by Canton and already slated for data center development, per reporting
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Township awaits more state/federal guidance and studies
Cincinnati
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Extended
- Date enacted: 2026-02 initial; extended 2026-04-01
- Duration: Through end of 2026
- Moratorium ID:
oh-cincinnati-2026 - Legal basis: Interim Development Control Overlay District [CITE primary ordinance not captured]
- What prompted it: No data center classification in zoning code and need to study impacts on more than 22,000 parcels
- Affected projects: Data centers in downtown, industrial, and manufacturing zones subject to review process
- Detailed status: Active restriction, not a full ban
- Outcome: Zoning study and Planning Commission review based on neighborhood compatibility, water and utility use, adverse effects, and public benefits
City of New Carlisle
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-02-17
- Duration: 12 months from 2026-03-04 effective date
- Moratorium ID:
oh-new-carlisle-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-06
- What prompted it: Lack of zoning classifications for data centers; energy, water, utility, environmental, neighborhood, and long-term planning concerns
- Affected projects: No specific project identified
- Detailed status: Active through approximately 2027-03-04
- Outcome: Study period for planning, zoning, and business regulation decisions
City of Norton
- Type: City
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2025-12-01
- Duration: 180 days
- Moratorium ID:
oh-norton-2025 - Legal basis: Ordinance 108-2025
- What prompted it: Data center applications and need to review planning and zoning code
- Affected projects: Future NAICS 518 zoning certificate applications; council discussion indicated one then-current application was not affected
- Detailed status: Active through about 2026-05-30 unless extended
- Outcome: Planning Commission zoning review pending
City of Waterville
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2025-12-08
- Duration: 6 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-waterville-2025 - Legal basis: Resolution 34-25
- What prompted it: Community concern and desire to study impacts after prior zoning allowed data centers in M-1 manufacturing districts
- Affected projects: No specific city project identified; concern tied to broader Anthony Wayne area data center activity
- Detailed status: Active through approximately 2026-06-08
- Outcome: Mayor and staff researching data centers; possible conditional-use process under review
Cleveland
- Type: City
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: Proposed 2026-04-28; not enacted as of captured reporting
- Duration: Proposed 1 year
- Moratorium ID:
oh-cleveland-2026 - Legal basis: Councilmember Charles Slife proposed legislation [CITE primary ordinance not captured]
- What prompted it: Water and power use, outages, low permanent job creation, and zoning/infrastructure review
- Affected projects: Future permits within city limits if enacted
- Detailed status: Proposed
- Outcome: Pending council process
Findlay
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-21
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-findlay-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-042
- What prompted it: Public concern over power demand, water use, infrastructure strain, and possible data center interest in/near Hancock County
- Affected projects: Shady Grove/Marion Township annexation area discussed separately
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: City study of federal, state, and local codes and possible zoning language; Findlay Ordinance 2026-042 passed 9-1 with third reading waived (per 1063thefox.com 2026-04-22 reporting)
Hubbard Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-02-10 (Tuesday vote per Vindicator reporting; trustees voted 2-1 with Trust
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-hubbard-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee resolution drafted by township legal counsel and reviewed by Trumbull County Planning Commission [CITE: primary resolution text not posted to township site 2026-04-29]
- What prompted it: Desire to act before permit filings and allow zoning commission and public engagement
- Affected projects: No specific project identified
- Detailed status: Reported active; no rescission captured
- Outcome: Reported intent to use moratorium period for zoning work and public process; committee may also weigh pros/cons
Jerome Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2025-09-03
- Duration: 9 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-jerome-township-2025 - Legal basis: Resolution 25-061
- What prompted it: Citizen concerns about noise, lighting, buffering, construction impacts, and performance standards
- Affected projects: Zoning certificate applications for NAICS 518 data centers under specified zoning sections
- Detailed status: Active through approximately 2026-06-03 unless modified
- Outcome: Intended bridge to zoning text and performance standard updates
Kent
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-15
- Duration: Not to exceed 1 year
- Moratorium ID:
oh-kent-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-31
- What prompted it: Energy, water, infrastructure capacity, environmental, resident, and planning concerns
- Affected projects: Any AI/data center permit or application within city limits
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Community Development, Planning Commission, and Council review of data center impacts and zoning
Lake Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-03-03
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-lake-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee action reported by The Press/Muck Rack excerpt [CITE primary text not captured]
- What prompted it: Facebook post linking a Tracy Road/Latcha Road property listing as a potential data center site
- Affected projects: Potential 0 Tracy Road / Latcha Road site
- Detailed status: Reported active
- Outcome: No replacement zoning captured
Massillon
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-06
- Duration: 180 days
- Moratorium ID:
oh-massillon-2026 - Legal basis: City Council ordinance [CITE primary text not captured]
- What prompted it: Stark County data center concern
- Detailed status: Reported active
- Outcome: No replacement zoning captured
Maumee
- Type: City
- Status: 🔴 Rescinded
- Date enacted: 2026-02-02
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-maumee-2026 - Legal basis: Resolution 005-2026
- What prompted it: Data center siting concern near Fallen Timbers and regional concern over large facilities
- Affected projects: Speculative data center portfolio near Maumee/Monclova border
- Detailed status: Reported active; corroborated by Monclova Township minutes (2026-02-17) which note "the City of Maumee has enacted a moratorium on this type of development"
- Outcome: Reported reclassification of data centers as conditional uses in manufacturing districts
Monclova Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-02-17
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-monclova-township-2026 - Legal basis: Resolution 02172026-01
- What prompted it: Resident concern over a 200-acre Black Road site, annexation risk to Maumee, and need to retain local zoning control
- Affected projects: Potential 200-acre Black Road-area data center site (per Trustee statements in February 2026 board minutes)
- Detailed status: Active through approximately 2027-02-17
- Outcome: Residents and zoning officials studying model standards and possible zoning amendments
Mount Orab
- Type: Village
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-03-03 (confirmed via WLWT 2026-04 reporting: "On March 3, village leaders v
- Duration: 180 days
- Moratorium ID:
oh-mount-orab-2026 - Legal basis: Village council ordinance [CITE: ordinance number not posted on Mt.Orab village website 2026-04-29; village site has minimal online presence]
- What prompted it: Resident backlash over a roughly 1,200-acre mega-site data center proposal (DB STU LLC; State Route 32 site valued $43M+) and nondisclosure agreements signed by elected officials
- Affected projects: DB STU LLC ~1,200-acre State Route 32 mega-site in Brown County
- Detailed status: Reported active; council also debating reversal of 2024 zoning changes that enabled the project
- Outcome: State transparency debate; Rep. Adam Bird's HB 695 NDA-ban legislation followed
Pierce Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-02-11
- Duration: 8 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-pierce-township-2026 - Legal basis: Resolution 2026-002
- What prompted it: Zoning resolution did not define or regulate data center uses; concerns over compatibility, infrastructure demand, utility use, noise, scale, and property impacts
- Affected projects: No specific project identified
- Detailed status: Active through approximately 2026-10-11
- Outcome: Township staff and Zoning Commission directed to develop text or map amendments
Plain Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-03-24
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-plain-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee resolution [CITE primary text not captured]
- What prompted it: Stark County data center concern
- Detailed status: Reported active
- Outcome: No replacement zoning captured
Providence Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-15
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-providence-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee action using Waterville Township language, per Toledo Free Press [CITE primary text not captured]
- What prompted it: Residents' concern about potential east-side township data center siting and lack of zoning language
- Affected projects: No specific application identified
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Township intends to follow Waterville Township committee recommendations for zoning updates
Ravenna
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-20
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-ravenna-2026 - Legal basis: City Council ordinance/paperwork reported by Record-Courier [CITE primary text not captured]
- What prompted it: Property owner interest in a data center at a former GE manufacturing site and gap in zoning code
- Affected projects: Potential State Route 14/former GE site; existing 500-server bitcoin mining operation reported on property
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Study and drafting of zoning code for data centers, server farms, and cryptocurrency mining facilities
Richfield Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-02-17
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-richfield-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee action reported by NoAWDataCenters.org [CITE: resolution number not captured]
- What prompted it: Anthony Wayne area data center concern
- Detailed status: Reported active
- Outcome: No replacement zoning captured
Scioto Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-03-05 (Thursday trustee meeting per Scioto Post; Trustee Wasmus introduced
- Duration: 12 months (Trustee Wolfe's 6-month proposal rejected)
- Moratorium ID:
oh-scioto-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee resolution reported by Scioto Post [CITE: resolution number not posted to township website 2026-04-29]
- What prompted it: Rapid AI/data center expansion and township zoning concerns; current zoning code has "little to no language" addressing such facilities
- Affected projects: No specific project identified
- Detailed status: Reported active
- Outcome: Zoning language review expected during 12-month moratorium
Shawnee Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-13
- Duration: 18 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-shawnee-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee resolution reported by WLIO [CITE primary text not captured]
- What prompted it: Zoning board recommendation and resident concern over data centers, battery energy storage systems, and solar energy fields
- Affected projects: No specific project identified
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Study period for multi-sector land-use regulations
South Bloomfield
- Type: Village
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2025-12-15
- Duration: 180 days
- Moratorium ID:
oh-south-bloomfield-2025 - Legal basis: Village moratorium ordinance not captured [CITE: ordinance number not posted to village website]
- What prompted it: Pickaway County data center interest, health concerns, unanswered questions, and zoning-code review
- Affected projects: Possible Crites Farm discussion; no formal project confirmed in captured reporting
- Detailed status: Reported active in Scioto Post coverage; ordinance text not captured
- Outcome: Village reportedly adopted new zoning code that does not list data centers as permitted uses
Spencer Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-03-05
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-spencer-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee action reported by NoAWDataCenters.org [CITE: resolution number not captured]
- What prompted it: Anthony Wayne area data center concern
- Detailed status: Reported active
- Outcome: No replacement zoning captured
Sprigg Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-03-02
- Duration: 12 months voluntary moratorium
- Moratorium ID:
oh-sprigg-township-2026 - Legal basis: Trustee action reported by WCPO [CITE primary text not captured]
- What prompted it: Proposed data center activity around the former Stuart power plant in Adams County
- Affected projects: Stuart plant-area data center proposal; Army Corps Nationwide Permit No. 39 reported
- Detailed status: Reported active
- Outcome: Ohio Residents for Responsible Development petition activity intensified
Tallmadge
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-13
- Duration: 6 months or until code changes/revocation
- Moratorium ID:
oh-tallmadge-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-38
- What prompted it: Current zoning code may not address energy and water consumption, land use, building quality, aesthetics, lighting, noise, location, and environmental effects
- Affected projects: No pending applications reported
- Detailed status: Active (Tallmadge Ordinance 2026-38 captured PDF shows public hearing 2026-04-13 at 6:01 p.m.; passage requires three-fourths vote and immediate enactment per Section 6)
- Outcome: Review of zoning and business regulations; hardship appeal process included (ORC Chapter 2506 appeal pathway)
Tiffin
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-20 (third reading waived; passed 6-0 on third reading, declared emergenc
- Duration: Up to 12 months; clock stops early if zoning review completes earlier
- Moratorium ID:
oh-tiffin-2026 - Legal basis: Resolution 2026-42 (sharpened from "unnumbered ordinance" — confirmed via tiffinohio.net reporting)
- What prompted it: Desire to craft zoning rules or consider prohibition while Ohio lawmakers consider statewide regulation; Law Director Zach Fowler walked council through proposal in March; City Administrator Nick Dutro framed purpose
- Affected projects: No data center proposal in Tiffin per Mayor Lee Wilkinson at April 6 council meeting
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Zoning options under review; bars establishment or conversion of any structure into a data center for up to 12 months
Vermilion
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-03-23 (effective date; Section 1 of Ordinance 2026-17 specifies the morator
- Duration: Through 2027-03-23
- Moratorium ID:
oh-vermilion-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-17
- What prompted it: Need for administration, Planning Commission, and Council to review Ohio statutes, regulations, and local ordinances
- Affected projects: Any data center development in any zoning district; expansion of existing businesses into data center use also barred
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Study period for possible local regulatory controls
Village of Ashville
- Type: Village
- Status: 🔴 Rescinded
- Date enacted: 2025-12-22
- Duration: 180 days
- Moratorium ID:
oh-ashville-2025 - Legal basis: Ordinance 2025-13
- What prompted it: Proposed EdgeConneX project, resident opposition, infrastructure and zoning capacity concerns
- Affected projects: Proposed EdgeConneX data center near Ashville
- Detailed status: Active unless repealed or superseded
- Outcome: Policy Matters Ohio reported Resolution 06-2026 would create a development and supply agreement and may repeal inconsistent prior legislation
Village of Lordstown
- Type: Village
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-01-05
- Duration: Not to exceed 180 days
- Moratorium ID:
oh-lordstown-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 1-2026
- What prompted it: Electric load, water demand, infrastructure capacity, environmental impacts, and long-term land use planning
- Affected projects: Bristolville 25 Developer, LLC proposed data center; village had earlier data center ban controversy
- Detailed status: Active in captured January-February 2026 records; litigation over Bristolville 25 application reported in adjacent media coverage; current docket status not captured
- Outcome: Moratorium committee gathering information; consultant and outside counsel discussed
Washington Township
- Type: Township
- Status: ⚪ Expired
- Date enacted: 2025-12-08
- Duration: 90 days initial; six-month extension listed on 2026-02-10 agenda
- Moratorium ID:
oh-washington-township-2025 - Legal basis: Board of Trustees action in December 2025 minutes; motion number #2025.12.09.001
- What prompted it: Resident and trustee concerns over grid strain, water use, fire safety, noise, and compatibility with residential land use
- Affected projects: No pending applications identified in captured township records
- Detailed status: Initial moratorium expired approximately 2026-03-08; extension status unverifiable from public records
- Outcome: Legal review and possible zoning work; final extension record not captured
Waterville Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2025-12-17
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
oh-waterville-township-2025 - Legal basis: Township trustee resolution [CITE: resolution number not posted to township website; Toledo Free Press cited the 12-month moratorium and committee process]
- What prompted it: Potential data center interest and need to study conditions for agriculturally zoned land
- Affected projects: No formal application identified; township committee studying data center zoning
- Detailed status: Active through December 2026
- Outcome: Data center study committee expected to report in summer 2026
Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.