Ironton, in Lawrence County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on January 9, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The record reads: "Strata Expanse (Houston), RAVEL, and Supermicro held a ribbon-cutting in December 2025 for an AI Center of Excellence and data center at 1476 County Road 1A in Lawrence County's Haverhill area, just off U.S. 52 — the first of a 30-day… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | in force | January 9, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Lawrence County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Lawrence 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.