Lawmakers form group to study data centers in Ohio

Ohio lawmakers are creating bipartisan data center committee that will start meeting this month

A server room at a data center. (Getty Images file photo.)Ohio lawmakers are launching a joint data center committee where they will invite data center workers, citizens, and companies like Google and Meta to come in and testify.  Ohio state Rep. Adam Holmes, R-Nashport, and Ohio Senator Brian Chavez, R-Marietta, will be co-chairs of the committee.  The committee will include Ohio reps. Thad Claggett, R-Licking County, Heidi Workman, R-Rootstown…

Bipartisan Committee to Study Ohio Data Centers

With data centers increasingly in the news—and increasingly contentious— a bipartisan committee in Ohio has been created to study the impact of these large facilities, both the benefits they could bring to residents of the Buckeye State, as well as concerns. The Ohio Joint Data Center Committee, consisting of six Republicans and two Democrats from the state House and Senate will begin holding meetings May 27, according to the State Newshouse. St…

Ohio Data Centers Get Bipartisan Committee

With data centers increasingly in the news, a bipartisan committee in Ohio has been created to study their effects.

Lawmakers form group to study data centers in Ohio

Two Ohio lawmakers have formed a joint House-Senate committee to study the growing number of data centers in the state. “Information empowers people to learn and make better decisions,” State Rep. Adam Holmes, R-Nashport, said at a recent news conference announcing the new committee. “It increases economic opportunities, promote transactional transparency, empowers civic participation and […]