Taxes / incentives · OH · OH
Partially supported
Common reading; no one is quoted
Checked 12 September 2026
Ohio's data-center sales-and-use-tax exemption statute has been repealed, or existing agreements were cancelled, by Governor DeWine's pause.
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.
Evidence details
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Ohio Revised Code §122.175 → 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.
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DeWine: Ohio data center tax break is for next governor to decide on → 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.
Counterevidence
None recorded.
Next check
Official Tax Credit Authority or governor record of the pause, or a successor action after DeWine leaves office
History
None recorded.
Data + actions
Report an error → About intake, record none and claim ohio-exemption-pause.