Big Tech Defends Data Centers Before Ohio Lawmakers

Big tech defends data centers before Ohio lawmakers

An Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes. A new report found that 14 states do not disclose how much revenue they lose to data center tax breaks. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Big tech got the chance to make its case for data centers Thursday before Ohio lawmakers. The so-called hyperscalers — companies responsible for facilities with thousands of servers and footprints measured in football fields — in…

Big tech defends data centers before Ohio lawmakers | The Highland County Press

Many lawmakers on Ohio’s Select Committee on Data Centers seem willing to hear out Meta, Amazon, Google and Microsoft. But many ordinary Ohioans have had enough.

Ohio lawmakers are fast-tracking data center legislation this week