Dublin City Council, in Franklin County, Ohio, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on July 1, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Dublin City Council voted 5-2 to rezone 370 acres, formally stripping data centers as a permitted use across the West Innovation District near Ballantrae and creating a new ID-6 'Research Transition District' with reduced heights and… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | July 1, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Franklin County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Franklin 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.