Data center restrictions tracker · Ohio

Hubbard Township, Ohio: data center moratorium (2026)

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

Hubbard Township, in Trumbull County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on February 15, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is in force.

The record reads: "Hubbard Township, Ohio, trustees voted 2-1 to approve a resolution placing a one-year moratorium on data centers entering the township in February 2026 (proposed by Bristolville 25 Developer LLC). The township attorney reviewed the… (datacentertracker.org)."

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ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Moratoriumrestrictionin forceFebruary 15, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Trumbull 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.

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