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.
Portage Township
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Portage Township has an enacted temporary moratorium that blocks data-center development, creating a short-term barrier to building or expanding; its duration is not specified here.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Portage Township.
current law · Portage TownshipPortage Township in Wood County adopted a temporary data center moratorium during the week ending March 13, 2026.Portage Township temporary data center moratorium (2026)
What this means
The reported moratoriums would temporarily stop data-center development in seven townships; Lake Township’s is for one year. That creates a major short-term barrier to building or expanding in those places, but it is not a permanent ban across Wood County.
Timing
Temporary moratorium reported; duration and extensions unknown.
People behind it
- Donald Zeigler
Portage Township trustee quoted about a possible site; individual vote unverified.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Temporary data center moratorium; exact scope unknown.
Sources
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