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 Hubbard
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 City of Hubbard.
pending · City of HubbardProposes an outright ban on all data centers within Hubbard city limits, submitted to voters for approval or rejection in the November 3, 2026 general election and not yet enacted.Hubbard City Data Center Ban Proposed Ordinance (2026)
What this means
If approved, the measure would ban data centers within Hubbard city limits, preventing new facilities and their operation there. The ban could only be changed through another ballot measure, making it an outright restriction rather than a temporary pause (the ban would cover all centers).
People behind it
- Residents of the Hubbard community
Initiated the November 2026 ballot initiative to ban data centers.
- Jim Frederick
Petition organizer who helped lead the effort to place the data-center ban on the ballot.
- Katie Costello
Petition organizer who helped gather signatures and organize the effort to place the data-center ban on the ballot.
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- City Auditor
Administered the petitions by taking custody of them, making them available for public inspection, and preparing to certify them to the Trumbull County Board of Elections.
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A proposed ordinance would ban data centers within Hubbard City limits, covering all data centers rather than only large or “mega” facilities. The ban could be reversed only through another ballot measure. ban all centers
The proposed data-center ban must be submitted to Hubbard City voters for approval or rejection at the November 3, 2026 general election. approve or reject a ban on data centers
Hubbard enacted a 12-month moratorium on data centers, temporarily preventing data-center development during that period. 12-month moratorium on data centers
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