Not in my backyard: Ohio residents force vote for yearlong moratorium on local data centers

Not in my backyard: Ohio residents force vote for yearlong moratorium on local data centers

Residents of Ravenna, Ohio, united to stand up against Big Tech and its seemingly countless proposals to build new AI data centers. What's happening? On April 10, at a meeting of the Ravenna City Council, the town's planning committee advanced a year-long moratorium on new data centers after residents coalesced to show their concerns over their resource use. Per the Record Courier, nearly 100 people filled the council chambers to show their disc…