In effect
Scope
On May 27, 2026, the governor directed the chair of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to pause consideration of new data-center tax-exemption requests while the General Assembly's Joint Data Center Committee studies data-center growth. The release says the Authority will stop accepting new data-center tax-exemption proposals after its then-scheduled Monday meeting, and that an existing request would still be considered at that meeting. The release says the action suspends the ability to request the tax exemption. It does not say exemptions already granted are cancelled, and it does not pause construction permits, utility interconnection, or operation of an existing facility. The calendar day of the Monday meeting is not printed.
Dates
- Effective
- 27 May 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Completion condition
- The pause on new requests continues while the Joint Data Center Committee's study is ongoing. The release states no calendar end. The Monday meeting is not an expiration.
- Source document
- 27 May 2026
- Last checked
- 22 September 2026
- Issuing authority
- Governor of Ohio
Summary
On May 27, 2026, Governor Mike DeWine said he had directed the chair of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to pause consideration of new data-center tax-exemption requests while a Joint Data Center Committee studies data-center growth. The release says the Authority will stop accepting new proposals after its then-scheduled Monday meeting, and that one existing request would still be considered at that meeting. The release does not print that Monday's calendar day. It does not say exemptions already granted are cancelled. It is not a construction-permit pause and it does not order an operating facility to shut down. Ohio Revised Code section 122.175 remains a separate record.
What this does not establish
- This is the governor's news release, not a statute and not a Tax Credit Authority order. The release is the opened text of the direction.
- The Monday meeting's calendar day is not printed. May 27, 2026 was a Wednesday, so the release's reference to the Authority's scheduled Monday meeting is not stored as a specific day.
- The release does not repeal section 122.175. Centers already granted an exemption are not described as losing it.
- No end date is stated. The study is not an expiration.
- The official release page answered automated link checks with HTTP 404 on 22 September 2026 while still opening in web browsers. The finding rests on the text saved that day and on the matching 1 September 2026 Internet Archive copy, not on the link staying reachable.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Authority has issued its own entry implementing the direction was not opened.
- Whether any new request was accepted after the Monday meeting was not checked against Authority minutes.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. A later implementation or a related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- Related, not a replacement oh-orc-122175-data-center-exemption
Sources
Primary source · Archived copy (1 September 2026)
Link status, checked 22 September 2026: On 22 September 2026 the governor's page opened in web browsers with HTTP 200, but the state's content network answered automated link checkers with HTTP 404. The release text was saved the same day with an HTTP 200 fetch receipt, and it matches the Internet Archive copy captured on 1 September 2026. If the official page does not open, use the archived copy.
https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/governor-dewine-announces-pause-of-data-center-tax-exemption