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Amazon fuel cell plan for Ohio data centers sparks debate over local control

Hilliard challenges state-approved permit for 228 natural-gas fuel cells powering Amazon's data center, amid concerns over local control and environmental impact.

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Amazon is planning a massive data center in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, but residents are pushing back, Signal Ohio reported. What's happening? Amazon already has a 142-acre data center in the Hilliard suburb of Columbus, which the town offered it incentives to build there in 2019.  However, it now wants to add a six-acre plot with 228 "fuel cell" units powered by methane gas, the largest such plant in North America, which it says will provide 7…

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Axios broke the news in Washington, United States on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
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