City of Oregon, in Lucas County, Ohio, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on February 10, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "In City of Oregon, Ohio, Oregon City Council initially voted 3-2 with one abstention against granting Capacity LLC a six-month extension for a proposed $2 billion, 500MW data center on 170 acres near Corduroy and Wynn roads. However, the… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | February 10, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Lucas County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Lucas 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.