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.
Waterville Township
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Waterville Township’s enacted measure temporarily bars new data centers and expansions for 12 months. A separate zoning change is described as allowing them in agricultural zones only with conditional-use review and possible restrictions.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Waterville Township.
current law · Waterville TownshipEstablishes a 12-month moratorium on data centers in Waterville Township, adopted unanimously by the Board of Trustees on December 17, 2025.Waterville Township data-center moratorium resolution (2025)
What this means
The measure imposes a 12-month moratorium on data centers, temporarily preventing new development and expansion. A separate zoning change would allow data centers in agricultural zones only as a conditional use, adding review and possible conditions, so the overall effect is a substantial barrier.
Timing
- Ends
- 12 months after adoption
Resolution 2025-29 enacted a 12-month moratorium on data centers in Waterville Township.
People behind it
- Julie Theroux
Introduced Resolution 2025-29 establishing a 12-month moratorium on data centers in Waterville Township.
- Kyle Hertzfeld
Seconded the motion to adopt Resolution 2025-29.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements3
A 12-month moratorium prohibits data centers in Waterville Township during the moratorium period.
Data Processing Centers are treated as a conditional use in agricultural zones, requiring a zoning-change or conditional-use approval process rather than automatic approval.
The conditional-use process allows the Township to impose project-specific conditions, including setbacks and noise limits, before approving a data center.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions2
The proposed zoning amendment would add Data Processing Centers as a conditional use in agricultural zones, allowing them to be considered for development through the zoning process, subject to conditions such as setbacks and noise limits. The amendment does not automatically approve a project, and no project had been proposed at the time of the hearing.
Ohio provides a tax exemption for the sale, storage, and use of data-center equipment. The source states that the governor vetoed a budget measure that would have ended this exemption.
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