Ballot tracker · Updated 21 October 2026
Voters in 10 states will decide 41 local data center measures on November 3, 21 of them in Ohio. Most were put on the ballot by residents through petitions. Each is listed below with what a yes vote actually does, and results will be added as counties certify them.
A moratorium is a temporary pause. A data center moratorium stops a city, township or county from accepting or approving new data center applications for a set period, often six to eighteen months, while officials write rules for zoning, power, water and noise.
A ban is different: it prohibits data centers outright, with no end date. Many of the Ohio measures this year are bans on any facility drawing more than 25 megawatts, the same line as a statewide amendment that missed the 2026 ballot and is now aimed at 2027.
Ballotpedia counts 41 local data center measures on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 10 states, with Ohio accounting for 21. Two more are scheduled in Clarksville, Arkansas on December 1.
Six local data center measures were decided before November. In every case voters chose more limits on development, either by approving a ban, moratorium or voter approval requirement, or by rejecting a rezoning or advisory question that would have helped a project.
Referendums ask voters to uphold a decision officials already made, such as a rezoning or a development agreement. On those, yes keeps the project moving and no reverses it. The Direction column below says which way each one cuts.
Grouped by state, Ohio first. Direction describes what a yes vote does. Advisory questions are non-binding.
| Jurisdiction | State | Measure | Direction | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AshvillePickaway County | OH | Data Center Development Term Summary ReferendumUphold term summary guiding village negotiations with EdgeConneX on two data centers. | SupportsYes keeps the EdgeConneX deal moving | Pending |
| ConneautAshtabula County | OH | Issue 10Prohibit data centers over 25 MW peak load. | LimitsYes bans over 25 MW | Pending |
| DefianceDefiance County | OH | Prohibit Data Center Construction InitiativeProhibit data centers over 25 MW. | LimitsYes bans over 25 MW | Pending |
| GranvilleLicking County | OH | Prohibit Data Center Construction InitiativeProhibit construction of data centers. | LimitsYes bans | Pending |
| Grove CityFranklin County | OH | Issue 28Require voter approval for projects of 50+ acres, 20+ MW peak or 500k+ gal/day water. | LimitsYes requires a public vote on large loads | Pending |
| HubbardTrumbull County | OH | Prohibit Data Centers InitiativeProhibit data centers within city limits. | LimitsYes bans | Pending |
| Monroe TownshipAdams County | OH | Zoning Regulations InitiativeEstablish zoning in unincorporated areas. | ProcessYes creates zoning (a future veto point) | Pending |
| MonroevilleHuron County | OH | Allow Data Center Development Advisory Measure AdvisoryAdvise officials to allow data center development in the village. | SupportsYes advises allowing | Pending |
| OregonLucas County | OH | Prohibit Data Center Construction Over 25 MW InitiativeProhibit data centers over 25 MW. | LimitsYes bans over 25 MW | Pending |
| PataskalaLicking County | OH | Prohibit Data Centers InitiativeProhibit construction of large-scale data centers. | LimitsYes bans large-scale | Pending |
| Perry | OH | Issue 16Require hyperscale developers seeking special tax incentives to provide financial guarantees. | LimitsYes adds financial guarantees | Pending |
| PiquaMiami County | OH | Prohibit Data Center Construction InitiativeCharter amendment prohibiting data center construction. | LimitsYes bans (charter) | Pending |
| Sprigg TownshipAdams County | OH | Zoning Regulations InitiativeEstablish zoning in unincorporated areas. | ProcessYes creates zoning (a future veto point) | Pending |
| SunburyDelaware County | OH | Prohibit Construction of Data Centers InitiativeProhibit data centers over 25 MW. | LimitsYes bans over 25 MW | Pending |
| TrentonButler County | OH | Issue 17Prohibit large-scale data centers. | LimitsYes bans large-scale | Pending |
| Upper SanduskyWyandot County | OH | Data Center Construction Prohibition Charter AmendmentProhibit construction of a data center. | LimitsYes bans | Pending |
| UrbanaChampaign County | OH | Prohibit Construction of Data Centers InitiativeProhibit data centers within city limits. | LimitsYes bans | Pending |
| WilmingtonClinton County | OH | 1957 SR 730 Light Industrial Zoning ReferendumUphold rezoning of 65.29 acres, Rural Residential to Light Industrial. | SupportsYes keeps the rezoning | Pending |
| WilmingtonClinton County | OH | McGuinn Road Light Industrial Zoning ReferendumUphold rezoning of 191.12 acres, Rural Residential to Light Industrial. | SupportsYes keeps the rezoning | Pending |
| WilmingtonClinton County | OH | SR 730 Light Industrial Zoning ReferendumUphold rezoning of 119.373 acres, Rural Residential to Light Industrial. | SupportsYes keeps the rezoning | Pending |
| WilmingtonClinton County | OH | US 68 South Light Industrial Zoning ReferendumUphold rezoning of 170.11 acres, Rural Residential to Light Industrial. | SupportsYes keeps the rezoning | Pending |
| AlhambraLos Angeles County | CA | Measure DBProhibit data centers in the city. | LimitsYes bans data centers | Pending |
| EdgewaterVolusia County | FL | Prohibit New Data Centers AmendmentProhibit new data centers from being approved, built, expanded or operated; charter amendment after council ban. | LimitsYes locks ban into charter | Pending |
| BloomingtonMcLean County | IL | Data Center Moratorium Advisory Measure AdvisoryAdvise the city to impose a moratorium on large-scale data centers. | LimitsYes advises a moratorium | Pending |
| Chouteau TownshipMadison County | IL | Permit Data Centers Advisory Measure AdvisoryAdvise officials to permit new data centers in the township. | SupportsYes advises permitting | Pending |
| Granite City TownshipMadison County | IL | Permit Data Centers Advisory Measure AdvisoryAdvise officials to permit new data centers in the township. | SupportsYes advises permitting | Pending |
| Joliet TownshipWill County | IL | Construction of AI Data Centers Advisory Question AdvisoryAdvise approving construction of AI data centers. | SupportsYes advises approval | Pending |
| Morgan CountyMorgan County | IL | Data Center Construction and Operation Advisory Measure AdvisoryAdvise the county to restrict building and operating data centers. | LimitsYes advises restrictions | Pending |
| Nameoki TownshipMadison County | IL | Permit Data Centers Advisory Measure AdvisoryAdvise officials to permit new data centers in the township. | SupportsYes advises permitting | Pending |
| Venice TownshipMadison County | IL | Permit Data Centers Advisory Measure AdvisoryAdvise officials to permit new data centers in the township. | SupportsYes advises permitting | Pending |
| El DoradoButler County | KS | Prohibit Data Centers and BESS InitiativeProhibit High Impact Data Centers and Type 2/3 battery storage systems. | LimitsYes bans data centers and BESS | Pending |
| EmporiaLyon County | KS | Prohibit High Impact Data Centers InitiativeProhibit high impact data centers in the city. | LimitsYes bans | Pending |
| OttawaFranklin County | KS | Prohibit Data Centers InitiativeProhibit data centers using more than 25 MW. | LimitsYes bans over 25 MW | Pending |
| North BerwickYork County | ME | Question 2Prohibit data centers of 25,000 sq ft or more. | LimitsYes bans over 25k sq ft | Pending |
| PeruOxford County | ME | Article 2180-day moratorium on data center development and permitting. | LimitsYes moratorium | Pending |
| WellsYork County | ME | Article 5180-day moratorium on data center development. | LimitsYes moratorium | Pending |
| WiscassetLincoln County | ME | Question 2Six-month moratorium on applications for new or expanded data centers. | LimitsYes moratorium | Pending |
| Boulder CityClark County | NV | Question 1Allow data centers within the Eldorado Valley Transfer Area. | SupportsYes allows data centers | Pending |
| Downe TownshipCumberland County | NJ | Data Centers Advisory Question AdvisoryAdvise support for data centers in the township. | SupportsYes advises support | Pending |
| HarwoodCass County | ND | Industrial Development Review InitiativeRequire added review before city approves industrial developments, incl. data centers. | LimitsYes adds review step | Pending |
| JanesvilleRock County | WI | Voter Approval for GM/JATCO Site Over $450MRequire voter approval before city leases, sells or approves development of the GM/JATCO site over $450M. | LimitsYes requires a public vote | Pending |
Source: Ballotpedia, Data center related ballot measures, 2026, retrieved 21 October 2026. Counties added by The GridSight where the source lists only the jurisdiction.
Four places where the result will say more than the margin.
Granville and Pataskala sit in Licking County, the same county as the Meta, Google, AWS and Microsoft cluster. Sunbury, Grove City and Ashville, where the vote is on an EdgeConneX deal, ring the same metro. Together they are the first direct test of how that buildout is landing with neighbors.
New Albany market score →Voters will decide whether to uphold four rezonings from Rural Residential to Light Industrial, about 546 acres in all. It is the largest single block of land any one community is voting on this year.
Conneaut, Defiance, Oregon and Sunbury in Ohio and Ottawa in Kansas would all bar facilities drawing more than 25 megawatts. The results are an early read on the Ohio amendment its backers now plan for 2027.
Four townships will vote on advisory questions asking officials to permit new data centers. They are the largest group of pro-development questions on the ballot, and the clearest test of whether a project can win a public vote this year.
Six votes before November, and every one went toward more limits. In Augusta Township, Michigan, 90% voted to overturn a data center rezoning.
| Jurisdiction | State | Measure | Direction | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NottinghamRockingham County | NH | Moratorium on Data Center Permitting12-month moratorium on data center permits. | LimitsYes moratorium | Approved 90% to 10% |
| WrightstownOutagamie County | WI | Data Center Development Advisory Question AdvisoryAdvise board to support public resources for a large-scale data center. | SupportsYes advises support | Defeated 13% to 87% |
| Augusta TownshipWashtenaw County | MI | Rezoning for Data Center ReferendumUphold Ord. 2025-02 rezoning Agricultural Residential to General Industrial for a data center. | SupportsYes keeps the rezoning | Defeated 10% to 90% |
| Monterey ParkLos Angeles County | CA | Measure NDCAmend land use element to prohibit data centers. | LimitsYes bans | Approved 88% to 12% |
| Port WashingtonOzaukee County | WI | Voter Approval for TIDs Over $10MRequire voter approval for tax increment districts over $10M. | LimitsYes requires a public vote on incentives | Approved 66% to 34% |
| CanterburyMerrimack County | NH | Prohibit Data Centers MeasureProhibit data centers in the town. | LimitsYes bans | Approved 84% to 16% |
| Jurisdiction | State | Measure | Direction | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClarksvilleJohnson County | AR | Hatchbo Data Center Bond Authorization ReferendumUphold or repeal Ord. 26-1007: up to $50B in industrial development bonds, lease to Hatchbo LLC, PILOT agreement. | SupportsYes keeps the bonds and PILOT | Pending |
| ClarksvilleJohnson County | AR | SF ARK1 Data Center Bond Authorization ReferendumUphold or repeal Ord. 26-1008: up to $5B in bonds for land acquisition, lease to SF ARK1 LLC, PILOT agreement. | SupportsYes keeps the bonds and PILOT | Pending |
Not every community that tried got a vote. These are the ones we track most closely.
Citizens for Rural Coweta last reported 11,440 signatures toward a 14,000 target for a referendum on allowing data centers as a special use. If the petition is valid, the probate court reviews it before any election is called.
Coweta market score →On 20 October the City Council rejected an 18-month moratorium on a 6 to 6 tie and passed a shorter 135-day pause instead, after an earlier meeting was halted amid protests.
Memphis market score →The county attorney rejected referendum petitions against the Stratos project as administrative rather than legislative. The organizers have appealed to district court.
Box Elder market score →We read what this county has been through, who can say no, and what the record says will decide it, in time for the hearing or the ballot.
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