Local votes and rules
🗳️ Public vote · Ashville
Voters will decide whether to overturn the village council's April 2026 approval of a deal with developer EdgeConneX for two data center buildings and an 800-megawatt gas power plant. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in August 2026 that the village could not use an 'emergency' label to block the vote. The county elections board still had to approve the petition.
⚖️ Court case · Ashville
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Ashville did not give real reasons for calling its data center approval an 'emergency.' That means residents can try to put it to a public vote (referendum).
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Washington
Township trustees passed a pause (moratorium) on new data centers that runs until July 2027.
⚖️ Court case · Commercial Point
Residents sued to undo the village's May 2024 rezoning for data centers. They say council did not have enough votes to pass it as an emergency. In July 2026 a judge removed nine late-added plaintiffs and set a hearing on whether the rest can sue.
⚖️ Court case · Commercial Point
Amazon's development company K-Nova asked the Ohio Supreme Court to order the village to vote on its 'Project Cosmos' data center plan. It says the village cannot apply its new 18-month pause (moratorium) to a plan filed before the pause.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Commercial Point
Village council passed an 18-month pause (moratorium) on data center applications on May 4, 2026, as an emergency. Amazon's development company (K-Nova) is challenging it at the Ohio Supreme Court. It is set to end in November 2027.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · South Bloomfield
Village council passed a six-month pause (moratorium) on new data centers. It is set to end in November 2026.
✅ Approved · Ashville
Village council approved a deal (term summary) with developer EdgeConneX for two data center buildings and an 800-megawatt gas power plant. It was passed as an 'emergency' so it took effect right away.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Scioto
Township trustees passed a one-year pause (moratorium) on new data centers. It is set to end in March 2027.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Muhlenberg
Township trustees passed a one-year pause (moratorium) on new data centers. It is set to end in February 2027.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Ashville
Village council passed a six-month pause (moratorium) on new data centers in December 2025, then extended it. It is set to end in January 2027. A separate data center deal with EdgeConneX was approved in April 2026 and is headed to a referendum.
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In Ohio, your township, village or city usually decides where data centers can go.
- Ashville Village
- Circleville City
- Circleville Township
- Commercial Point Village
- Darby Township
- Darbyville Village
- Deercreek Township
- Harrison Township
- Jackson Township
- Lockbourne Village
- Madison Township
- Monroe Township
- Muhlenberg Township
- New Holland Village
- Perry Township
- Pickaway Township
- Saltcreek Township
- Scioto Township
- South Bloomfield Village
- Tarlton Village
- Walnut Township
- Washington Township
- Wayne Township
- Williamsport Village