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.
City of Xenia
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Xenia has enacted a one-year pause on new data-center development while it prepares zoning rules; the description does not say the pause affects existing facilities.
Rating from Ohio statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Xenia.
current law · City of XeniaTemporarily prohibits data center development within Xenia city limits for one year while the city develops zoning regulations.Xenia data-center moratorium ordinance (2026)
What this means
The measure imposes a one-year moratorium on data-center development in Xenia while the city prepares zoning rules. That blocks new development during the pause, though the source does not say it restricts existing data centers’ operations.
Timing
- Ends
- one year after enactment
People behind it
- Ethan Reynolds
Xenia mayor who introduced the moratorium.
- Xenia City Council
Passed the moratorium.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
A one-year moratorium bars data center development within Xenia city limits. (one-year moratorium on data center developments)
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
None verified; full adopted ordinance not retrieved.
Sources
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