Mt. Orab, in Brown County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on February 4, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "In Mt. Orab, Ohio, Village Councilman Eric Lang introduced two ordinances for a 180-day data center moratorium amid community outcry over a mysterious 1,000-acre 'mega site' project requesting up to 2,000 MW. A Facebook group grew to… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | February 4, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Brown County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Brown 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.