Data center restrictions tracker · Ohio

Girard, Ohio: data center moratorium (2026)

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

Girard, in Trumbull County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium. Its status in this snapshot is pending.

The record reads: "Data-center moratorium, adoption pending or unconfirmed (Moratorium Nation)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Moratoriumrestrictionpendingundatednot county-wideMoratorium Nation (ALEA Institute)

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Trumbull County. Dataset: moratorium nation. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

Elsewhere in Trumbull 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.

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