State
Ohio has 12 tracked bills on artificial intelligence and data centers: 3 floor vote, 9 filed.
The atlas records 11 data-center facilities in Ohio, and the 11 that report capacity total about 12,850 MW.
4 local jurisdictions in Ohio have recorded council or county action.
Ohio's legislature is grappling with an unusually aggressive wave of data center skepticism, with bills like HB710 and SB381 seeking to outright prohibit public support for new facilities and require utility commission approval before they can connect to the grid. Alongside those, proposals to strip data center tax exemptions (SB374) and mandate water consumption reporting (HB784, SB378) reflect growing concern about the infrastructure and environmental costs of rapid AI-driven buildout. On the AI side, activity remains largely exploratory, with governance and deepfake bills still in early stages and no major legislation enacted yet.
12 bills with a published summary and a link to the primary source.
FiledData CentersUpdated
This bill would stop Ohio from granting any new sales tax exemptions to data centers, eliminating a financial incentive that has historically encouraged data center construction…
FiledGovernanceUpdated
This bill creates a licensing system for independent organizations that verify whether AI systems have adequate risk controls in place. Companies providing AI risk mitigation…
FiledDeepfakesUpdated
This Ohio bill updates existing persona protection laws and creates new prohibitions against making or distributing unauthorized deepfake recordings of real people. It establishes…
FiledPrivacyUpdated
This bill bans government agencies and private companies from selling sensitive personal data to data brokers or other private entities for profit. Certain permitted uses would…
Floor voteData CentersUpdated
This bill creates a commission to study data centers in Ohio and their impacts. No restrictions or incentives are imposed — the commission will gather information and likely make…
Floor voteEducationUpdated
This bill deals with academic intervention services and math improvement plans in Ohio public schools. It has no relevance to AI regulation or data-center policy.
Floor voteEducationUpdated
This bill makes broad amendments to Ohio's public school operations and the Department of Education and Workforce, covering topics like school funding, staffing, and curriculum…
FiledData CentersUpdated
This Ohio bill would ban public funding or support for new data centers and place limits on their construction. It aims to restrict the growth of data center infrastructure across…
FiledData CentersUpdated
This bill regulates how much water data centers can withdraw and consume in Ohio, establishing rules and oversight for data center water use. It creates new legal requirements and…
FiledPrivacyUpdated
This Ohio bill establishes minimum requirements and protections for customers who use data center services in the state. It creates a new chapter of law governing the relationship…
FiledData CentersUpdated
This bill would require data centers in Ohio to get approval from the Public Utilities Commission before connecting to the electrical grid. It adds regulatory oversight to how…
FiledData CentersUpdated
This bill requires data centers in Ohio to report their water usage on a monthly and annual basis to state authorities. It also prevents data centers from using nondisclosure…
11 tracked sites; 11 report capacity.
Google Cloud
1101 Beech Rd SW, New Albany, OH 43054Operational407 MWEpoch AI Frontier Data Centers (CC-BY)
SB Energy (SoftBank Group)
Piketon, OHUnder construction10,000 MWEcoGPT research
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Wilmington, OHProposed400 MWEcoGPT research
Bristolville 25 Developer LLC
Lordstown, OHProposed300 MWEcoGPT research
J5 LLC (linked to Meta Platforms)
Piqua, OHProposed200 MWEcoGPT research
DB Stu LLC (linked to Meta Platforms)
Mount Orab, OHProposed200 MWEcoGPT research
Aligned Data Centers
Conesville, OHUnder construction500 MWEcoGPT research
Aligned Data Centers
Sandusky, OHUnder construction96 MWEcoGPT research
Vantage Data Centers
New Albany, OHUnder construction192 MWEcoGPT research
Edged Energy
New Albany, OHOperational24 MWEcoGPT research
Meta
New Albany, OHUnder construction531 MWEcoGPT research
Counties and municipalities with recorded council or board decisions.
Licking County · 2 actions
(Jersey Township) Residents push back on data center zoning near homes ·
Franklin County · 1 action
Union County · 1 action
(Jerome Township) Residents oppose proposed data center rezoning ·
Hamilton County · 1 action
(Cincinnati) QTS data center campus development and tax abatement ·
Recorded coverage for this jurisdiction. Each headline links to its publisher.
Ohio Capital Journal ·
The Statehouse News Bureau ·
Spectrum News 1 ·
The Statehouse News Bureau (WOSU/StateNews.org) ·
OSU Farm Office ·