The Data Center Divide
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City of Maumee
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Maumee bars approvals and construction for new data centers and related facilities for 12 months, but existing centers may continue operating and receive ordinary repairs or replacements.
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current law · City of MaumeeImposes a temporary 12-month moratorium on establishing, constructing, or converting structures into data centers in Maumee and bars consideration or approval of permits, plans, variances, occupancy permits, and similar applications that would enable those activities.City of Maumee Resolution No. 005-2026 (2026)
What this means
The measure creates a 12-month moratorium that blocks approvals and construction for new data centers and related facilities, making development substantially harder during that period. It does not bar continued operation or ordinary repairs and replacement at existing centers.
Timing
- Ends
- twelve (12) months following the date upon which the resolution became effective
The moratorium takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Mayor. It may be extended by a majority vote of City Council if additional time is needed for the study, and City Council may lift it earlier.
People behind it
- City Council of the City of Maumee
Adopted and imposed the twelve-month data-center moratorium.
- City Administration
Directed to conduct a study and recommend regulatory actions concerning data centers.
- Chelsea Ziss
Mayor who approved the resolution, making it effective immediately.
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- Gonzalez
Moved to declare the resolution an emergency and moved for its passage.
- Poeppelmeier
Seconded the motions to declare the resolution an emergency and to pass it.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements7
Imposes a 12-month moratorium on establishing, constructing, converting another structure into, or commencing construction of a covered data center in the City of Maumee.
During the moratorium, the City may not consider, approve, or authorize licenses, permits, permitted or special uses, accessory uses, variances, development plans, occupancy permits, building permits, or similar applications that would enable a covered data center or its construction.
The moratorium covers AI, enterprise, managed-services, colocation, cloud, and edge data centers, as well as facilities storing computing equipment and related hardware that exceed 5,000 square feet.
The moratorium also covers construction of structures housing IT infrastructure and related on-site accessory facilities, including utilities, external mechanical equipment, water towers, and security facilities.
The moratorium does not apply to repairs or replacements of existing data centers or to data centers contained within existing businesses in Maumee.
The moratorium suspends and tolls City-law deadlines for acting on data-center applications, and an application cannot be deemed approved because an official or City body fails to act while the moratorium is in effect.
The moratorium took effect immediately upon passage and mayoral approval as an emergency measure and lasts 12 months, unless City Council lifts it earlier or extends it by majority vote.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions3
Data centers of 5,000 square feet or less are outside the moratorium because the measure defines covered facilities as those that exceed 5,000 square feet. facilities ... that exceed 5,000 square feet in size
Repair or replacement of existing data centers is expressly exempt from the moratorium, allowing those facilities to maintain or restore their operations. This moratorium does not apply to repair or replacement of existing data centers
Data centers contained in existing businesses are expressly exempt from the moratorium. or the data centers contained in existing businesses within the City of Maumee
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