The data center fight in Berea, Ohio
As of September 27, 2026, Berea, Ohio has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Jun 15, 2026; documented end date 2027-06-15).
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Ord. 6-6, emergency measure passed on first reading. Moratorium on issuing or processing data center permits for up to one year while the city studies zoning and infrastructure impacts. Sponsored by Councilwomen Coble and Weaver
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read 2026-09-06
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Ohio.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Ohio briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Ohio
- Avon (11 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-04-14
- Cleveland (12 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-10-16
- Grafton (12 mi) — Enactedexpires 2031-05-19
- Avon Lake (13 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-22
- Twinsburg (22 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
- Norton (26 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
- Vermilion (27 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-03-23
- Tallmadge (28 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-10-10
All 62 tracked actions in Ohio are on the state page.
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.