Jerome Township Considers Rezoning for Potential Data Center Development
Jerome Township is reviewing a rezoning request for 165.7 acres to allow for potential data center development as a conditional use. This property is adjacent to existing Amazon and proposed Active Infrastructure data center sites. The township previously enacted a nine-month moratorium to update its zoning code to regulate future data center projects more strictly.
Jerome Township, Ohio, is moving forward with a rezoning request for a significant 165.7-acre parcel at 10061 Mitchell-Dewitt Road. The proposed change from Rural Residential to Office/Research/Medical (ORM) would, if approved, permit data processing and hosting services as a conditional use. This property is strategically located near existing Amazon Data Services and proposed BA Mitchell Owner LLC/Active Infrastructure data center campuses, along the busy Industrial Parkway development corridor.
The township's Zoning Commission is expected to schedule a meeting soon to review the request, which would then proceed to the township trustees for final action. This development follows a nine-month moratorium during which Jerome Township updated its zoning code to impose stricter regulations on future data center projects, requiring public hearings and input for all conditional use applications. The Logan-Union-Champaign Regional Planning Commission has already recommended approval for the rezoning.