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.
City of Cortland
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Cortland enacted a 12-month pause on accepting, processing, and approving applications to establish data centers, including server farms and cryptocurrency-mining sites; it is temporary and city-limited.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Cortland.
current law · City of CortlandEstablishes an immediate, binding moratorium of up to 12 months within Cortland’s corporate limits on accepting, processing, or approving zoning, building, and occupancy permit applications for data centers, including facilities such as server farms, cloud-computing hubs, colocation centers, and cryptocurrency-mining operations.Cortland Emergency Data Center Moratorium Ordinance (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications to establish data centers in Cortland for 12 months, making new development and expansion substantially harder during that period. Its broad definition includes facilities such as server farms and cryptocurrency-mining sites, though the restriction is temporary and limited to the city.
Timing
- Ends
- twelve months after the ordinance takes effect
The moratorium applies to the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications for data centers. The ordinance takes effect immediately; no separate extension condition is stated.
People behind it
- John Picuri
President of Council who submitted Ordinance O-21-26.
- Cortland City Council
Legislative body that enacted and passed the ordinance.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
Establishes a 12-month moratorium within Cortland’s corporate limits on accepting, processing, or approving applications for zoning, building, or occupancy permits to establish data centers.
Applies broadly to data centers, including server farms, cloud-computing hubs, colocation centers, cryptocurrency-mining and blockchain-processing facilities, and high-density-computing facilities.
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