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.
Pleasant Township
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Mixed Data Center Policies
Pleasant Township has enacted a data-center moratorium, pausing development; its duration and full terms are unclear.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Pleasant Township.
current law · Pleasant TownshipThe Columbus Dispatch reports that Pleasant Township trustees voted 2–1 on a data-center moratorium in February.Ohio Pleasant Township Trustee Resolution 11 (2026)
What this means
The measure is described as an approved moratorium, which would pause data-center development and create a major obstacle to building facilities (“Moratorium Approved!”). The sources do not give its duration or full terms, so the length of the delay is unclear.
Timing
The timeline says the city approved a moratorium as an emergency ordinance, but the sources do not specify its duration or an expiration condition.
People behind it
- Protect Grove City
Announced the petition drive to introduce the Community Consent Amendment.
- Councilman Omar
Had a moratorium proposal before council and later emailed a compromise version of the Community Consent Amendment to council.
- City Council
Approved the moratorium and voted to place the Community Consent Amendment on the ballot.
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- Mayor
Authored the council resolution opposing the Community Consent Amendment.
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Requires citizens to have a direct say when heavy-industrial businesses seek to come to Grove City (“citizens get a direct say”).
Sources
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