The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Village of Boston Heights
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Strongly Pro-Data Center Policies
Boston Heights has enacted a 12-month pause on new data-center applications and related activities, though the description phrases it conditionally; it does not expressly stop existing facilities from operating.
Rating from Summit County as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Village of Boston Heights.
current law · Village of Boston HeightsEstablishes an emergency 12-month moratorium on accepting for filing, reviewing, or approving all new applications for data centers and related activities.Village of Boston Heights Resolution 2025-11-50
What this means
If enacted, the 12-month moratorium on new data-center applications would pause new projects and related activities, making it substantially harder to build or expand during that period. It does not expressly ban existing data centers from operating, so it is a temporary severe restriction rather than an outright ban.
Timing
- Ends
- 12 months after adoption
Resolution 2025-11-50 establishes a 12-month moratorium on accepting, filing, considering, reviewing, and approving new applications for data centers and related activities.
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Declares a 12-month moratorium on accepting for filing, consideration, review, or approval any new applications for data centers and related activities in the Village of Boston Heights.
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