City of Defiance, Ohio
Moratoria, zoning amendments and siting ordinances for data centers, battery storage, solar and wind in City of Defiance (Defiance County).
Pending
No upcoming vote or hearing detected in the documents we have read.
Enacted moratoria on record
- 2026-09-01 · Data centers
Emergency ordinance of Defiance City Council placing a six-month moratorium on 'the acceptance, review, processing and approval of applications for data center development' within city limits (adopted 7-0 on re-vote, 2026-09-01; ordinance number not reported). Council separately passed an emergency ordinance placing a charter amendment banning data centers over 25 MW on the 2026-11-03 ballot; a zoning text amendment hearing is set for 2026-10-06.
Source: Moratorium Nation (Michael J. Bommarito), CC BY 4.0. Matched to this jurisdiction by name and location; check the original record.