St. Albans Township, in Licking County, Ohio, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on March 10, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "St. Albans Township, Ohio, held a public hearing on March 10, 2026 on a proposal to become the first township in Licking County to ban data centers. The township sits on the eastern edge of the New Albany data center corridor, home to 40+… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | March 10, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Licking County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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.