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 Girard
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Girard has enacted a temporary one-year pause on construction permits for AI data centers, delaying new projects but not banning existing facilities from operating.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Girard.
current law · City of GirardEstablishes a 12-month moratorium on issuing permits for data centers in Girard, with final approval reported on July 13, 2026, and immediate effect under an emergency clause.Girard Emergency Data Center Moratorium Ordinance (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause permits to build AI data centers in Girard for one year, making new projects substantially harder to start during that period (one-year moratorium on permits). It is temporary and applies to construction permits, not an outright ban on operating existing data centers.
Timing
- Ends
- one year
The moratorium applies to permits to construct an artificial intelligence data center and lasts one year. It takes effect immediately under the emergency clause.
People behind it
- Girard City Council
Adopted the one-year moratorium on issuing permits for artificial intelligence data centers.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Imposes a one-year moratorium on issuing any permits to construct an artificial-intelligence data center in the city of Girard; the measure takes effect immediately under its emergency clause.
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