Wilmington, in Clinton County, Ohio, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on February 20, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
Wilmington, in Clinton County, Ohio, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on November 26, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The records read: "Wilmington, Ohio, City Council voted 5-2 on Feb 20 to rezone 545 acres from rural residential to light industrial for a second data center campus by Ardent Technologies (affiliated with TAC Data Centers), a $6 billion project promising… (datacentertracker.org)." "Amazon/AWS proposed a $4B datacenter on 471 acres in Wilmington with a 30-year, 100% property tax abatement (effective 70% abatement). On April 23, 2026, Wilmington residents Jessica Sharp and Logan Sharp filed a lawsuit against the City… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | February 20, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | in force | November 26, 2025 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Clinton 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.