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.
Mahoning Township
Anti-Data Center Policies
Mahoning Township limits data centers to industrial areas and requires conditional-use approval, with added setback, noise, and vibration restrictions. The descriptions call the ordinance proposed but label it enacted; they describe significant hurdles, not an outright ban.
current law · Mahoning TownshipRestricts data centers to Mahoning Township’s industrial districts and requires conditional-use approval, with added limits on setbacks, noise, and vibration.Mahoning Township, Pennsylvania proposed data-center ordinance (2026)
What this means
The ordinances limit data centers to industrial areas and require conditional-use approval, with added setback, noise, and vibration restrictions (industrial areas; increased restrictions). These conditions meaningfully narrow where projects can go and may add approval hurdles, creating significant barriers, though the sources do not describe an outright ban.
People behind it
- Mahoning Township Board of Supervisors
Passed the ordinances regulating data centers, power generation, and battery storage.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements4
Data centers are subject to conditional-use approval and restrictions under the township ordinance.
Data-center zoning, along with the related power-generation and battery-storage regulations, is limited to the township’s industrial areas; the sources identify four such areas.
The data-center ordinance amendment increased setback requirements, but the sources do not state the required distances.
The data-center ordinance amendment added noise and vibration restrictions, but the sources do not provide specific limits.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
Data centers can pursue conditional-use approval in the township, rather than being categorically barred. This is subject to the ordinance’s restrictions, including increased setback, noise, and vibration requirements, and the industrial-area zoning framework. Conditional use with restrictions Increased restrictions for setbacks, noise, vibration
Sources
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