What happened
Oregon reporting October 28; Ohio ruling October 20, recovered this week. Oregon has paused at least 20 fiber right-of-way applications while determining their relationship to data-center projects. The applications involve Zayo, Lumen and Intermountain Infrastructure Group.
An Ohio Supreme Court ruling allowed Lordstown to stop processing a developer’s site-plan review during its local moratorium.
What this means for your business
Land control, a proposed route and a customer commitment can still leave substantial development risk. Evaluate the sequence of approvals and who carries delay costs.
Individual permit outcomes and the Ohio project’s subsequent path remain uncertain. Neither establishes a nationwide or universal statewide construction ban.
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Which approval controls the schedule?
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Who pays for delay?
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Can the project proceed through an alternative route or site?
What comes next
Agency clarifications, local decisions and revised construction schedules.
- www.opb.org ↗www.opb.org
- apps.oregon.gov ↗apps.oregon.gov
- www.courtnewsohio.gov ↗www.courtnewsohio.gov
- www.supremecourt.ohio.gov ↗www.supremecourt.ohio.gov
