Washington Township, in Montgomery County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on April 21, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "On April 21, 2026, Washington Township trustees (Montgomery County, Dayton area) approved a 360-day moratorium on issuance and processing of zoning permits and approvals for data center land uses, effective immediately. There are no… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | April 21, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Montgomery County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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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.