Champaign County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on March 3, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Thor Equities proposed a $1 billion, 500MW data center (Urbana Technology Hub) on 48+ acres in Champaign County, Ohio, near Urbana. On March 3, 2026, the Urbana City Council voted 6-1 to approve a 12-month moratorium on data centers over… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | March 3, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Champaign County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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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.