Ravenna passes data center moratorium, and its not alone

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Heading off a local landowner’s apparent desire to site a data center on his property, Ravenna City Council on April 20 unanimously authorized a one-year moratorium on such facilities.

Ravenna property owner Ray Harner had unofficially approached city officials about using his property on state Route 14, across from UH Portage Medical Center, for a data center. The land houses...

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How long will local governments have a say? Ohio legislators are discussing limiting local say over new nuclear plants in Ohio.

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Local communities as well as state legislators should thoroughly investigate the ownership of these data centers. See 60 Minutes report on China’s potential to weaponize the data centers they are building in the US. We should all be aware of the potential abuses of the data as well as the effects on our energy and environment.