Ohio Regulators Direct Data Center Firms to Provide Utility AEP Ohio with 180 Days Notice Prior to Grid Connection

Ohio regulators direct data center firms to provide utility AEP Ohio with 180 days notice prior to grid connection

Adds to the existing large load rate class structure in the state

Ohio zoning board rejects 45-megawatt data center plan for 3 Nordson buildings

A proposed Amherst, Ohio, data center ran into trouble when city officials turned down a zoning-related request for the project. The vote came after a crowded public hearing in which residents objected to turning three newer buildings on the Nordson campus into a data center. What happened? Within a day of a City Hall hearing that drew more than 100 attendees, Amherst's zoning board voted down a use-variance request from developer Cervenka Devel…

Amherst zoning board rejects 45-megawatt data center on Nordson campus after residents pack hearing

The Direct Message Tension: A small Ohio city sits on three industrial buildings on a shrinking corporate campus that a developer wants to fill with a 45-megawatt data center, and the residents who would live next to it don’t want the tradeoff — noise, load, water — that comes with hosting AI infrastructure. Noise: The easy frames are anti-tech NIMBYism on one side and job-creating investment on the other, both of which skip past the actual mech…