Lawrence County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on December 1, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The record reads: "Houston-based Strata Expanse hosted a ribbon cutting for an AI data center in the Haverhill area at 1476 County Road 1A. A petition gathered 5,570 signatures voicing concerns about the project. The nearby city of Ironton passed a data… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | in force | December 1, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. 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.