Taxes & incentives · OH

Ohio's data-center sales-and-use-tax exemption statute has been repealed, or existing agreements were cancelled, by Governor DeWine's pause.

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Answer

Verdict on the wording above: Contradicted Reliable evidence conflicts with the claim as stated (unit, relationship, status or fact). It does not prove bad faith. How verdicts work →

How it was framed
A question DataCenterData examined; no one is quoted.
What the evidence establishes
No one is quoted saying this; DataCenterData framed and tested the reading. The evidence conflicts with it as worded: ORC §122.175 remains the statute and still sets the $100 million capital / $1.5 million payroll thresholds. The pause applies to new requests and does not repeal the statute or existing agreements.
Biggest limitation
The governor's direct May communication was not independently retrieved. Official Tax Credit Authority text of the pause was not obtained.
Checked
12 September 2026 · Next review: Official Tax Credit Authority or governor record of the pause, or a successor action after DeWine leaves office · History (1) →

Evidence

What the evidence supports

ORC §122.175 remains the statute and still sets the $100 million capital / $1.5 million payroll thresholds. The pause applies to new requests and does not repeal the statute or existing agreements. WOSU / Statehouse News Bureau reported on 6 August 2026 that Governor DeWine said the freeze 'will continue until I leave office.'

Still unknown

The governor's direct May communication was not independently retrieved. Official Tax Credit Authority text of the pause was not obtained.

Sources

  1. Ohio Revised Code §122.175 → Archived copy Gov. record

    Exact location §122.175(A)(5) $100 million capital / $1.5 million annual qualifying payroll; (B) complete or partial exemption

    What it supports The statute remains in force as the eligibility framework.

    Publication date · Accessed

  2. DeWine: Ohio data center tax break is for next governor to decide on → Archived copy News

    Exact location paragraphs quoting Gov. Mike DeWine: 'That will continue until I leave office.' Published August 6, 2026.

    What it supports Attributed currentness of the new-request pause through the remainder of Governor DeWine's term. Not an independently retrieved governor communication.

    Publication date · Accessed

Conflicting evidence

The contradiction is documented in the cited sources listed under Evidence. No separate counterevidence entry has been recorded yet.

Corrections and history

Correction · 12 September 2026 · Software-assisted second check

Record → Taxes / incentives

Field Taxes / incentives

From Partially supported

To Contradicted

Why The reviewed statute remains in force, and the reported pause concerns new requests rather than repeal or cancellation of existing agreements.

Evidence re-reading of the sources already cited on this claim; no new source.

Review details

Scope

Unit
new exemption-request pause
Geography
Ohio
Period
pause announced 2026-05-27; currentness reported 2026-08-06
Confidence
medium — Statute opened 2026-09-12; currentness attributed to WOSU/Statehouse News Bureau 2026-08-06, also opened 2026-09-12.
Kind
Question reviewed

Chronology

  1. Published — Ohio Revised Code §122.175
  2. Published — DeWine: Ohio data center tax break is for next governor to decide on
  3. 2 sources retrieved
  4. Changed verdict recorded
  5. Checked by DataCenterData
  6. Date not established Next review: Official Tax Credit Authority or governor record of the pause, or a successor action after DeWine leaves office

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