Oregon, OH Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)

Oregon created its Advanced Manufacturing District in 2022 (Ordinance 066-2022, passed March 28, 2022) to attract clean, technology-driven industry, and a data center is one of the uses the district permits by right rather than merely as a conditional or accessory use; Section 1145.02's use table marks 'Data Center' with an 'X' in the Permitted column, the same column carrying Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, Flex-Office and Research and Development uses. Section 1145.12 defines a data center narrowly as a facility that houses computer systems and associated data and is focused on the mass storage of data, and that definition controls over any conflicting definition elsewhere in the Zoning Code.

A data center built in the district must still meet the district's full development standards: a 40-foot minimum front setback under Section 1145.04(a), a 25-foot side and rear setback that grows to 60 feet where the lot adjoins single-family zoning, an 80% maximum lot coverage, and a 60-foot maximum building height (with up to 10 additional feet for screened rooftop mechanical equipment). Section 1145.05 requires brick, stone, precast concrete or similar masonry-type facades, limiting textured block to 20% of any wall. Section 1145.11 requires Site Plan Review under Chapter 1151 before the Zoning Inspector issues a permit.

Because Section 1145.03 strictly prohibits any use not listed in the table, chemical plants, power plants, petroleum refineries and steel mills cannot locate on the same site as a permitted data center.