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.
Hinckley Township
Mixed Data Center Policies
Ohio offers qualifying data centers significant sales-tax exemptions on equipment, subject to investment, payroll, reporting, and other conditions, while fees apply to participants. New exemption requests are paused, which may raise costs for new projects; data centers are not banned.
Rating and summary from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Hinckley Township.
pending · Hinckley TownshipConsiders a possible data center moratorium in Hinckley Township, with a Zoning Commission request listed on the trustees’ August 18, 2026 agenda and a Data Center discussion scheduled for the commission’s October 1, 2026 meeting.Ohio Hinckley Township Data Center Moratorium Proposal (2026)
People behind it
- Zoning Commission
Requested discussion of a data center moratorium before the Board of Trustees.
- Ridgepoint Holdings, LLC
Submitted the proposed map amendment request to change 729 W. 130th St. from R2-Residential District to B2-Light Business District.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The Zoning Commission requested a moratorium on data centers, which would temporarily restrict their approval or development; the source does not specify the moratorium’s duration, scope, or whether it was adopted.
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