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.
St. Clair Township
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
St. Clair Township’s resolution is labeled enacted, though its description calls the county moratorium proposed; it would temporarily block data-center projects and expansions in six townships where the county controls zoning, not countywide.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for St. Clair Township.
current law · St. Clair TownshipSt.St. Clair Township Data Center Moratorium Resolution (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the county moratorium would temporarily block data center development in the six townships where the county controls zoning, creating a major delay for new projects and expansions there. It would not cover the whole county, and the article does not establish the proposed moratorium’s duration.
Timing
Yearlong moratorium; exact expiration and signed text unverified.
People behind it
- Dustin Gadd
St. Clair Trustee; comments on moratorium context.
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Yearlong data center moratorium pending zoning review.
Sources
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