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The Miami Valley paired data-center bans with recalls on Nov. 3, while the area's electric utility is planning for a wave of new data-center demand.

A data center in or near Dayton would first need local land-use approval through City of Dayton, and Montgomery County weighs in on land outside city limits and on tax incentives. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) is the state utility regulator; it reviews rates and large-customer power contracts for the utilities it oversees. Air and water permits come from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

National context: Federal energy researchers estimate data centers used about 4.4% of all U.S. electricity in 2023 and could use 6.7% to 12% by 2028, which is why utility commissions, local boards, and voters are now central to where these campuses land. U.S. Department of Energy report

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  • Piqua, Miami CountyVoters approved a charter amendment banning large data centers, 66.7% to 33.3%, and recalled three city commissioners the same night.
  • Urbana, Champaign CountyVoters approved a data-center ban, 77.25% to 22.75%, and recalled Mayor Bill Bean.
  • Wilmington, Clinton CountyVoters rejected four rezonings near a planned AWS campus about 35 miles southeast of Dayton, each by roughly 80% no.
  • Trenton, Butler CountyVoters approved a charter ban on data centers larger than 25 megawatts, about 80% to 20%.
  • AES Ohio and the gridAES Ohio told the regional grid operator PJM it expects nine hyperscale sites and 6,485 megawatts of data-center load in its Dayton zone by 2032-33, with none operating today. A data-center tariff is part of its pending rate case, PUCO Case 25-0958-EL-AIR, in which the City of Dayton is a party.
  • Ohio on Nov. 3On Nov. 3, 2026, Ohio voters decided 21 local data-center measures in 18 municipalities, and every result went against new data-center development, from outright bans to voter-approval and financial-guarantee rules. Results are unofficial until county certification.

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