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Clinton County

2 data center projects we know about. 22 townships, villages and cities.

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Projects

Approved, not built yet

Amazon (AWS) data center campus in southwest Wilmington

Wilmington, Clinton County

471 acres · for Amazon

🕒 Sept 3, 2026: City Council passed the rezoning from rural residential to light industrial 7-0 as an em…

Proposed

Ardent Technologies data center site in Wilmington

Wilmington, Clinton County

500 acres

🕒 Feb 19, 2026: Wilmington City Council voted 5-2 to rezone about 500 acres for an Ardent Technologies d…

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Local votes and rules

🗳️ Public vote · Wilmington

Voters will decide four referendums that could strike down zoning ordinances the city passed for the planned Amazon Web Services data center. A separate citizen zoning ordinance was kept off the ballot by the county elections board, and its backers went to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Nov 3, 2026Source

🗺️ Zoning change · Wilmington

City council passed emergency rezoning that clears the way for a 1.9-million-square-foot Amazon Web Services data center on 471 acres along South U.S. 68. Emergency laws take effect right away and cannot be put to a referendum.

Sept 3, 2026Source

⚖️ Court case · Wilmington

A resident sued to overturn the 'emergency' rezoning for the Amazon data center, saying the emergency label was used to block a public vote.

Sept 2026Source

✋ Turned down · Wilmington

City council re-passed the generator noise rule 6-1 as an emergency, but the rezoning for the Amazon Web Services data center failed because it needed at least 75% of the vote.

Aug 20, 2026Source

⚖️ Court case · Wilmington

A federal judge ruled that Wilmington did not give proper public notice before passing zoning, data center use and generator noise rules for a planned $4 billion Amazon Web Services data center. The city had to redo them before acting on the site plan.

July 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Blanchester

Village council passed a two-year pause (moratorium) on new data centers. It is set to end in March 2028.

March 2026Source

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