Lordstown Village Council, in Trumbull County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 16, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Lordstown Village Council announced plan to extend its 180-day data center moratorium by another 180 days; hired consultant Brian Frantz ($7,625 cap). The OpenAI Stargate Lordstown site (6M sq ft former GM/Foxconn plant, Crescent Dune LLC)… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | June 16, 2026 | 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: moratorium, in force, October 1, 2025
- Lordstown: moratorium, pending, June 15, 2026
- Lordstown: moratorium, in force, January 5, 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.