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The Data Center Divide

Canton Township

This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.

Mixed Data Center Policies

Canton Township’s enacted 12-month moratorium blocks construction of new data centers. It is not clear whether it limits existing centers or their expansion.

Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Canton Township.

current law · Canton Township
Temporarily bars new data centers from locating or operating in Canton Township.Canton Township Data-Center Moratorium Resolution (April 9, 2026)

What this means

The 12-month moratorium blocks construction of new data centers in Canton Township, creating a major temporary barrier to development. The sources do not say it shuts down existing centers or clearly restricts expansion of existing ones.

Timing

Ends
12 months after adoption

Resolution 04-03-2026 imposes a 12-month moratorium on any new data center operating or locating in Canton Township. No extension condition is stated.

People behind it

  • Pushed to override Governor DeWine’s veto concerning the data-center sales-tax exemption through HB 96.

  • Directed the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to stop considering new data-center sales-tax exemption requests.

  • Administered the pause on consideration of new data-center sales-tax exemption requests.

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  • Conducted the legislative study associated with the pause on new data-center tax exemptions.

  • Introduced a package of bills addressing data-center grid costs, tax breaks, local development, power reliability, and water use.

  • Introduced additional Ohio bills addressing data-center tax breaks, infrastructure costs, and oversight.

  • Sponsor of HB 983, the Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act.

  • Sponsor of HB 983, the Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act.

  • Sponsor of HB 646, the data-center regulation bill.

  • Sponsor of HB 646, the data-center regulation bill.

  • Proposed the citizen-initiated constitutional amendment to ban data centers using more than 25 megawatts.

  • Approved Resolution 04-03-2026 imposing a moratorium on new data centers in the township.

  • Sponsor of Berea Ordinance 6-6, imposing a moratorium on data-center permits.

  • Sponsor of Berea Ordinance 6-6, imposing a moratorium on data-center permits.

  • Proposed Cleveland’s one-year data-center moratorium and zoning update.

  • Recommended a 180-day moratorium on data-center applications and related zoning changes.

  • Introduced Mt. Orab ordinances establishing a temporary data-center moratorium.

  • Requested Hubbard’s 12-month moratorium on data-center construction, placement, and operation.

  • Passed the city’s 12-month moratorium on data-center construction, placement, and operation.

  • Worked with Springfield staff to draft the proposed moratorium on new large data centers.

  • Requested zoning provisions for Vienna Township addressing data-center noise, power generation, water use, and discharge.

  • Approved the one-year moratorium on data centers larger than 1,000 square feet and created a review committee.

  • Directed by Warren City Council to form the Data Center Review Committee.

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  • A 12-month moratorium prohibits the construction, operation, or location of any new data center in Canton Township. 12-month moratorium on the construction of data centers

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