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Ohio U.S. Senate candidates offer contrasting visions for data centers
['On August', 'Jan Larson Mclaughlin', 'David Dupont']
BG Independent News
BYSIDDARTH SIVARAMANOhio Capital JournalAs data centers continue to grow both in numbers and unpopularity, the candidates in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race are calling for more oversight.
While they offer contrasting visions for data centers, neither has embraced a full halt in construction desired by advocates.
Brown has called to end the data center tax breaks and says that local communities should have a say on whether to allow data center construction.
The proposals are also backed by a major data center lobbying group and tech companies like Microsoft that own data centers.
A 10-gigawatt data center project in Piketon — expected to be the largest data center in the world — will be powered by a new $33.3 billion natural gas plant.