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.
Muhlenberg Township
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Muhlenberg Township has enacted a 12-month pause on processing data-center zoning-certificate applications, temporarily hindering new development and expansions that require a certificate.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Muhlenberg Township.
current law · Muhlenberg TownshipThis resolution establishes a 12-month moratorium on receiving, processing, issuing, or approving zoning certificates and related applications for data centers in Muhlenberg Township.Muhlenberg Township Resolution 2026-10
What this means
The measure would pause receiving, processing, issuing, or approving zoning-certificate applications for data centers for 12 months, making new development and expansion that needs a certificate substantially harder during that period (“twelve (12) month moratorium”). It is temporary, and the source does not describe a lasting operating restriction, so -4 fits better than an outright ban.
Timing
- Ends
- 2027-02-02 at 23:59
The twelve-month moratorium expires at 11:59 p.m. on February 2, 2027. The Board may rescind it earlier.
People behind it
- Muhlenberg Township Board of Trustees
Adopted and enacted Resolution 2026-10 establishing the twelve-month data-center zoning moratorium.
- Stan Summers
Moved the motion to approve Resolution 2026-10.
- Jeff Wippel
Seconded the motion to approve Resolution 2026-10.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
A twelve-month moratorium, effective immediately and lasting until 11:59 p.m. on February 2, 2027, bars the township from receiving, processing, issuing, or approving any application for a zoning certificate for a data center. The trustees may rescind the moratorium earlier.
Sources
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