Waterville, in Lucas County, Ohio, adopted a data-center moratorium on December 8, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is expired.
The record reads: "180-day data-center moratorium, adopted 2025-12-08, since expired (Moratorium Nation)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | expired | December 8, 2025 | not county-wide | Moratorium Nation (ALEA Institute) |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Lucas County. Dataset: moratorium nation. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Lucas 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.