Cleveland City Council, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 22, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Council Member Charles Slife proposed a 1-year data center moratorium to update zoning and define DC scales. Separately, the city rejected the construction permit application for Lakeland Equity Group's ~$1.6B data center in Slavic Village… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | May 22, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Cuyahoga County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Cuyahoga 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.