Liberty Township, Butler County, in Butler County, Ohio, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on June 15, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.
The record reads: "Around June 15, 2026 the Liberty Township (Butler County, OH) Zoning Commission approved a proposed change requiring data center projects to go through the planned-unit-development (PUD) process — case-by-case trustee approval rather than… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | pending | June 15, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Butler 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.