Ohio Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Data Center Backlash — SkimNews
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- Ohio's legislature held a four-hour committee hearing in June on data center development, punctuated by audience applause and anger, showing the breadth of public concern.
- The backlash has drawn a cross-section of Ohioans — urban and rural, Democrat and Republican — alarmed by the prospect of unchecked data center growth.
Why it matters: A rare bipartisan coalition in Ohio is mobilizing against unchecked data center expansion, signaling that the AI buildout faces organized political resistance beyond the usual NIMBY framing.
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