Data center restrictions tracker · Ohio

Twinsburg City Council, Ohio: data center moratorium (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Twinsburg City Council, in Summit County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 5, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "Twinsburg City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new data center development, citing water and infrastructure concerns. No specific project targeted. (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedMay 5, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Summit County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

Elsewhere in Summit 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.

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