Barberton, in Summit County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on November 10, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The record reads: "Barberton City Council approved an indefinite moratorium on data centers in November 2025. In neighboring Norton, Quantum HPC's Project Triton proposal for the old PPG mine on Limestone Drive was killed in October 2025 after a contentious… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | in force | November 10, 2025 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Summit County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Summit County
Ohio context
Ohio has 89 documented local actions across 82 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has an incentive rollback (in force, May 27, 2026) and AEP Ohio territory has a large-load tariff (in force, July 9, 2025).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.