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.
Village of Newton Falls
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Newton Falls has enacted a 12-month pause on permits and municipal approvals for new data centers and expansions; the description does not indicate that existing centers must stop operating.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Village of Newton Falls.
current law · City of Newton FallsNewton Falls enacted an emergency 12-month moratorium on data-center permits.Ohio Newton Falls Emergency Data-Center Moratorium Ordinance (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause new data center development and expansion for 12 months and suspend related municipal approvals, creating a major delay. The pause is temporary and does not appear to stop existing data centers from operating; it is described as a 12-month moratorium on permits for data centers.
Timing
- Ends
- 12 months
The measure establishes a temporary twelve-month moratorium on specified data centers and other computing-intensive land uses, including related municipal land-use, development, and discretionary utility-service approvals.
People behind it
- Julie Stimpert
Sponsor of Ordinance 2026-38
- Brian Kropp
Sponsor of Ordinance 2026-38
- City Manager
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Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
Creates a temporary 12-month moratorium on establishing, expanding, or developing data centers and substantially similar computing-intensive facilities.
Temporarily suspends certain municipal land-use, development, and discretionary utility-service approvals associated with the covered facilities during the moratorium.
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