Ohio Supreme Court: Village with data center moratorium won’t have to consider site plan

By: Susan Tebben

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: October 26, 2026

Words: 554

Last Updated: 1 day, 5 hours ago

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An Ohio village won’t have to consider the proposal from a new data center after putting a moratorium in place, according to a unanimous ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court.

The unanimous decision released this week by the state’s highest court said that the village of Lordstown’s leaders were allowed to stop the process of a data center site-plan review. They were not required to review the plans because, at the time, the village council …

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