Middleton Township, in Wood County, Ohio, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on July 7, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
Middleton Township, in Wood County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on April 1, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The records read: "Trustees voted 2-1 (Moulton, Vetter for; Petrea against) to rezone 13 parcels (~32 acres) from residential/agricultural to M-1 industrial to support the adjacent Meta data center, overriding the township zoning commission's recommendation… (datacentertracker.org)." "A Meta data center spanning 715,000 sq ft under construction in Middleton Township, Ohio, was revealed in April 2025, anticipated operational in 2027 with 100 employees (350 MW, 280 acres). Over 150 residents packed a Wood County Planning… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | July 7, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | April 1, 2025 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Wood County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Wood 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.