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 South Point
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
South Point has enacted a six-month pause on approvals and development of AI data centers; the measure does not say existing centers must stop operating.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Village of South Point.
current law · Village of South PointPauses approvals and development of AI data centers in South Point for six months.Village of South Point six-month AI data-center moratorium ordinance (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause approvals and development of AI data center projects in South Point for six months, creating a substantial short-term barrier to building or expanding them (six-month moratorium). The sources do not say it would stop existing data centers from operating, and the pause is limited to AI data centers (moratorium on AI data centers).
Timing
- Ends
- six months after adoption on 2026-05-05
The measure imposes a six-month moratorium on AI data centers. The sources do not state any extension conditions or identify separate provisions that remain.
People behind it
- South Point Village Council
Approved and passed the six-month moratorium on AI data centers through Resolution 26-04.
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Imposes a six-month moratorium, effective May 5, 2026, that temporarily halts approvals or development of AI data center projects in the Village of South Point.
Sources
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