Proposed Ohio Constitution Amendment Would Ban Large Data Centers

Petitioners Get Approval to Start Gathering Signatures to Put Data Center Ban on Ohio Ballot

Ohio Data Centers are under scrutiny as a proposed amendment seeks to limit new constructions. Discover the details.

Can the Ohio data center opponents meet the deadline to get a ban on the November ballot? Today in Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio activists just got the green light to try to ban large data centers. But now comes the hard part: collecting more than 400,000 signatures in just a few months, while skeptical lawmakers openly doubt they can pull it off.

Proposed Ohio Constitution amendment would ban large data centers

The effort to ban large-scale data centers in the state is one step closer to getting on the ballot.

Data center ban on the Ohio ballot? Petitioners get approval to start gathering signatures

An Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Ohio Residents for Responsible Development can start collecting signatures to get a proposed constitutional amendment to prevent new, large data centers in Ohio on the November ballot.  The Ohio Ballot Board on Thursday unanimously certified the proposed amendment that would prohibit the construction of data centers with a peak loa…

Petitioners get approval to start gathering signatures for data center ban on Ohio ballot. – BG Independent News

BY MEGAN HENRY Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Residents for Responsible Development can start collecting signatures to get a proposed constitutional amendment to prevent new, large data centers in Ohio on the November ballot.  The Ohio Ballot Board on Thursday unanimously certified the proposed amendment that would prohibit the construction of data centers with a peak load of more than 25 megawatts per month. This would prevent most modern data cente…