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PUCO describes approved AEP/Ohio Power data-center service protections, including collateral, minimum payments, long contracts and exit fees. These are utility-specific, not a universal statewide tariff. A May 27, 2026 governor's announcement also directed a pause in consideration of new data-center tax-exemption requests while a legislative committee studies the industry.

In the historical record

ballot measure

Upper Sandusky voters approve charter prohibition

Secondary unofficial results show approval of the data-center-construction prohibition charter amendment.

1,893 for · 568 against

Add Article XVII, Section 17.13, Prohibition on Construction of Data Centers, to the city charter

Upper Sandusky electorate · unofficial secondary tally
Upper Sandusky, Ohioapproved unofficial
Sources and context

Ballotpedia's November 4 count is unofficial; the county results PDF was unavailable for review. The full legal text and applicability thresholds were not independently reviewed. It has not been established that the measure forbids every type of data-center facility. The 2,461 votes were cast on this question. They do not measure city population or whole-election turnout. A causal link between this November vote and any earlier investment withdrawal has not been established.

Ballotpedia ↗ · Wyandot County, Ohio, Board of Elections ↗
local policy

Cincinnati council extends interim data-center review controls

The city timeline records council approval extending Interim Development Control Overlay District 89 to February 11, 2027.

Cincinnati, Ohioextension adopted
Sources and context

Initial overlay adoption occurred in February, outside this date range. The overlay changes interim review in specified zoning districts; it is not a blanket prohibition. Exact tally not supplied.

City of Cincinnati, Ohio, Department of City Planning and Engagement ↗
groundbreaking

SB Energy holds a Portsmouth campus groundbreaking

DOE documented a March 20 groundbreaking for SB Energy's proposed AI campus on federal land near Piketon.

10 GWCampus capacityplanned data center capacityPORTS Technology Campus announced buildoutstatedU.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management ↗
DOE Portsmouth Site, Piketon, Ohiogroundbreaking held
Sources and context

DOE published the account on March 24. Separate generation commitments cannot be added to campus capacity. The source does not name OpenAI as a tenant or establish that this campus is part of Stargate.

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management ↗
local recommendation

Cincinnati planning commission recommends extending interim controls

The planning commission recommended a nine-month extension of Interim Development Control Overlay District 89 for data-center zoning review.

Cincinnati, Ohioextension recommended
Sources and context

The recommendation preceded council action on April 1; the two entries describe stages of the same measure. The overlay changes interim review in specified zoning districts rather than imposing a blanket citywide prohibition. The exact tally is unavailable.

City of Cincinnati, Ohio, Department of City Planning and Engagement ↗