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Candidates Highlight Data Center Plans. Next Ohio Governor Will Select Regulators
Acton calls for conditional moratorium while Ramaswamy says he wants free electricity for those near data centers
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Sherrod Brown, Jon Husted Offer Contrasting Visions for Data Centers
One of the most contentious election issues is taking center stage in the U.S. Senate race in Ohio.
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Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Sweeping New Data Center Legislation
It’s a significant revision of state policy that touches tax breaks, nondisclosure agreements, water use and testing, utility billing, and potential impacts on local governments.
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Big Tech Defends Data Centers Before Ohio Lawmakers
The hyperscalers did their best to tamp down fears about water contamination, air pollution and rising energy costs amid widespread public opposition.
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Data Center Opponents Give Ohio Lawmakers an Earful
“Ohio residents are not in the way of progress. We’re just anxious, and we’re afraid that we’re going to lose the little that we have left,” said one resident during public comment.
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Economists: Incentives for Ohio Data Centers Are a Bad Idea. So Is Banning New Construction
“I can’t think of a worse use of public funds than to incentivize data centers. They are associated with very few permanent jobs and high external costs.”
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Petitioners Get Approval to Start Gathering Signatures to Put Data Center Ban on Ohio Ballot
“Everyone is going to see an impact because of this and we need to stop it now while the train is just leaving the station,” said one committee member behind the longshot effort.
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Innovation Ohio Urges State Lawmakers to Nix Data Center Tax Breaks, Require Them to Build Own Power
“Some of the richest companies in the world are using Ohio’s electric grid like an unlimited power outlet while taxpayers pick up the tab,” Innovation Ohio President Michael McGovern said.
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Ohioans Are Getting Fed Up With Data Centers. State Lawmakers Are Starting to Notice
Ohio is rushing toward a power supply crisis driven in part by growing demand from facilities like data centers. Residents are pushing the state to install more guardrails.
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Ohio House Waits on Data Center Study Vote, Hints at Veto Override on Sales Tax Exemption
“We absolutely should have a commission to look at these issues, and look broader, frankly, at artificial intelligence policy. But it shouldn’t be just another commission that is in the pocket of the people who it would impact.”
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Energy Market Watchers See Ohio Electric Bills Rising as Data Center Demand Continues
A recent study from the Natural Resources Defense Council predicted an average family will pay about $70 more each month on their electric bills by 2028.
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Watchdog for Electric Grid in Ohio, Other States, Wants a Pause on Data Centers
Oversight group says PJM Interconnection, which serves 13 states including Ohio, shouldn’t connect data centers until it has adequate power supply