Data center restrictions tracker · Ohio

City of Hubbard, Ohio: data center moratorium (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

City of Hubbard, in Trumbull County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 2, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "After residents confronted Mayor Ben Kyle over an NDA he signed (Dec 2024) tied to an undisclosed data center ('Project Milo,' via the Lake to River economic development partner; possible site former Deer Creek Golf Course), council agreed… (datacentertracker.org)."

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ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedJune 2, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Trumbull 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.

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