Commercial Point / Scioto Township, in Pickaway County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on March 1, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "K-NOVA LLC's proposal for the Rickenbacker Exchange development in Commercial Point stalled when a related ordinance 'died due to a lack of motion' in the Village Council. K-NOVA's attorney presented a proposal to drill test wells for a… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | March 1, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Pickaway 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.