Lordstown, in Trumbull County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 15, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.
Lordstown, in Trumbull County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on January 5, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
Lordstown, in Trumbull County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on October 1, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The records read: "Separately from the data center freeze, Lordstown Village Council is advancing a 180-day moratorium on permits for businesses using small mobile (modular) reactors or battery energy storage systems (BESS). Council approved first readings… (datacentertracker.org)." "180-day data-center moratorium, adopted 2026-01-05, extended and active per tracker (Moratorium Nation)." "Lordstown, OH data center opposition. OpenAI is involved in a SEPARATE nearby Stargate project — not this one. Hyperscaler and MW figures previously attached were incorrect conflations. (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | pending | June 15, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Moratorium | restriction | in force | January 5, 2026 | not county-wide | Moratorium Nation (ALEA Institute) | |
| Moratorium | restriction | in force | October 1, 2025 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Trumbull County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Trumbull County
- Braceville Township: moratorium, in force, June 2, 2026
- City of Hubbard: moratorium, enacted, June 2, 2026
- Cortland: moratorium, in force, June 1, 2026
- Girard: moratorium, pending
- Howland Township: moratorium, in force, June 10, 2026
- Hubbard: moratorium, in force, June 1, 2026
- Hubbard Township: moratorium, in force, February 15, 2026
- Lordstown Village Council: moratorium, enacted, June 16, 2026
- Vienna Township: moratorium, in force, February 1, 2026
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.