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.
Plain 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 Plain Township.
unknown · Plain TownshipPlain Township, Wood County, reportedly adopted a data-center moratorium during the week of the March 13, 2026 report.Ohio Plain Township Data Center Moratorium (2026)
Timing
Reported temporary moratorium; duration and sunset unverified.
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