How Many Data Centers is Too Many?

Ohio already has over 200 data centers, with over half in the central Ohio area. But more are in the pipeline, and concerns over land use, water use for cooling, and energy demand and rate increases are behind an effort to get a 'ban large centers' on the November ballot. According to this local report in The Athens Post, the backers include Trumpees and NIMBYs alongside environmental activists and more. They have to get 413,000 signatures by July. Meanwhile, the OH legislature wants a commission to study it. 

For a lively speech by a Portage county man who both worked on AI and was replaced by his product, looking at the facts of what data centers may mean to a community, try this short reel from a mid-April townhall.