Muhlenberg, Ohio, Imposes One-year Moratorium on New Data Center Projects

The Ohio township of Muhlenberg has introduced a 12-month moratorium on planning applications for new data centers after residents voiced concerns about a digital infrastructure and energy campus being planned nearby.

In comments reported by the Circleville Herald, trustee Jeff Wippel said the move would “hold things off for a year where we can get our zoning and all that kind of stuff in line, and see what other kind of transparencies happen with the state.”

He said: “They’re forming a committee to review data centers. Nothing will be able to be done in the township until February 3 of next year, when the moratorium runs out.”

EdgeConneX and Amazon are known to be targeting developments elsewhere in Pick away County.