Data center moratoriums and restrictions in Ohio (2026)

Statewide actions in Ohio

• Ohio: incentive rollback, in force, May 27, 2026The Tax Credit Authority stopped accepting new data center sales-and-use tax exemption proposals after its June 1, 2026 meeting, at Governor DeWine's direction, pending the Joint Data Center Committee's study. Existing exemptions unaffected. Instrument: Executive directive (Governor DeWine to the Ohio Tax Credit Authority). Source: Office of Governor Mike DeWine, May 27, 2026 release.
• AEP Ohio territory: large-load tariff, in force, July 9, 2025PUCO-approved tariff (July 9, 2025, effective July 23): 25 MW+ data centers pay at least 85% of subscribed capacity for up to 12 years (4-year ramp), with an exit fee equal to three years of minimum charges; under appeal at the Ohio Supreme Court. Docket PUCO 24-0508-EL-ATA; minimum take 85%; term 12 yr. Source: PUCO.

Local actions in Ohio

What one campus pays a local government

The parent piece's calculator puts a single large campus at $2M to $90M a year in local revenue, depending on the tax regime and abatements. The reference campus (Project Blue scale: $3.6B of capital, 286 MW) pays about $157M to local governments over 10 years. Permanent jobs run around 50 per facility.

Run your own numbers in the calculator on the parent piece. Jurisdictions in Ohio that say no give up this revenue, not the jobs.