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The Data Center Divide

City of Alliance

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Anti-Data Center Policies

Alliance allows data centers only in its I-2 heavy-industrial district, while an enacted moratorium pauses permits for AI data centers for up to 18 months; existing facilities are not required to stop operating.

current law · City of Alliance
Allows data centers only in Alliance’s I-2 heavy industrial districts.Alliance, Ohio — Data Center Zoning Restrictions

What this means

The zoning change would allow data centers in the I-2 heavy-industrial district, but not across the city; an 18-month moratorium on AI data-center permits would also delay that subset of projects. The industrial-zone pathway offers some certainty, but the location limit and temporary halt create a meaningful overall barrier.

People behind it

  • Submitted the proposed amendment to Section 1122.03 to establish data centers as a specific land use.

  • Introduced Ordinance No. 019-26, the zoning-code amendment concerning data centers.

  • Introduced Ordinance No. 050-26, proposing a temporary moratorium on permits for AI data centers.

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  • The zoning amendment adds data centers as a permitted use in the I-2 Heavy Industrial District; under the code’s rule that unlisted uses are prohibited, this limits where they may be authorized. permissible use within an I-2 heavy industrial district

  • A proposed ordinance on the July 6, 2026 Council agenda would impose a temporary moratorium, for up to 18 months, on granting or issuing permits for AI data centers within Alliance. temporary moratorium, not to exceed eighteen months

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  • Data centers were added as a permitted use in the I-2 Heavy Industrial District, rather than requiring conditional-use approval. The use is limited to that district and remains subject to other applicable code requirements.

Sources

current law · City of Alliance
Prohibits the City of Alliance from issuing permits for AI data centers for up to 18 months.Alliance Data-Center Moratorium Ordinance (July 6, 2026)

What this means

The measure would pause permits for AI data centers within Alliance for up to 18 months, making it substantially harder to build or expand them during that time. It does not state that existing data centers must stop operating.

Timing

Ends
not to exceed eighteen months

The measure imposes a temporary moratorium on granting or issuing permits for AI data centers. The sources do not specify an exact calendar expiration date; the moratorium lasts no more than eighteen months and may be amended sooner.

People behind it

  • Introducer of Ordinances 046-26, 049-26, and 052-26.

  • Introducer of Ordinance 048-26 and co-sponsor of Ordinance 054-26.

  • Introducer of Ordinances 050-26 and 037-26 and Resolution 055-26.

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  • Introducer of Ordinance 051-26.

  • Introducer of Ordinance 053-26.

  • Co-sponsor of Ordinance 054-26.

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  • Imposes a temporary moratorium of up to 18 months on granting or issuing any permits for AI data centers within the City of Alliance.

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