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Data Centers

Appeals Court Ruling Along With Ohio House Bill 126 Create Total Legal Shield for Data Center Community Damage

BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - In a sweeping decision that legal experts warn could dismantle local government accountability over public health, a federal appeals court has ruled that citizens have no constitutional right to be free from contaminated drinking water or to receive truthful information from public officials during a utility

Statewide

Inside The Pre-Packaged 'Toolkit' Used By Data Center Middle-Men In Ohio

BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE - As communities across northwest Ohio enact emergency construction moratoriums to evaluate the crippling operational strain of tech infrastructure on municipal grids, state-level economic planners have weaponized a highly choreographed onboarding pipeline to attempt to dismantle local municipal resistance. Unredacted email archives, internal itineraries, and presentation

HB 427

Ohio HB 427: The 'Throttle Customer Energy Usage For Data Centers' Bill, Moves Forward in Committee

STATEWIDE - A recently proposed energy measure in the Ohio Statehouse is drawing intense scrutiny from consumer watchdogs and civil liberty advocates, who warn the legislation could inadvertently serve as a vehicle to prioritize corporate artificial intelligence data centers over everyday residential consumers. Ohio House Bill 427, introduced by State Representative

Local

Server logs expose private economic brokers vetting Findlay data center law ahead of public rollout?

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - Internal communication logs and email archives surrendered by the City of Findlay have revealed that the executive administration provided private, state-funded economic brokers with early access to potentially 'vet' the city's highly publicized data center zoning framework before it was formally

Statewide

AI DRAGNET IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS OUTPACES LEGISLATIVE GUARDRAILS

BY JEFF SKINNER STATEWIDE -As Ohio solidifies its position as a primary Midwestern hub for hyper-scale data centers and corporate cloud processing against citizen wishes, a quiet but rapid expansion of artificial intelligence surveillance infrastructure is drawing fierce resistance from civil liberties advocates. Critics warn that the intersection of

Local

Are There Regional Brokers in Findlay Data Center Deal?

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - An ongoing public records dispute over the cancelled data center briefing has prompted a server-wide information technology search by the City of Findlay, according to public documents, raising questions overwhat role Regional Growth Partnership is playing in the dynamic across the state. The document tracking

Findlay

The True Scope of Findlay’s Canceled Data Center Briefing

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - While the public is already aware that Mayor Christina Muryn abruptly called off an August 12 virtual briefing with New Albany tech officials, newly released public records reveal the gathering was far more expansive—and structurally coordinated—than the administration previously let on. The documents obtained

Findlay

Findlay Council Member Warns of Rushed Data Center push, Allen Township Annexation Blueprint

FINDLAY- A scheduled closed-door meeting between city officials and representatives from New Albany has been canceled following pressure from local lawmakers demanding public transparency over a controversial proposed data center project. While the meeting cancellation was confirmed via a statement from Mayor Christina Muryn, conversations with members of council

Findlay

Allen Township Confronts Data Center Plan Amid Annexation and EPA Wastewater Battles

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY -Tensions between rural preservation and the rapid regional expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure collided at a recent public forum. An energy company unveiled tentative plans to develop a major data center campus in neighboring Allen Township, triggering immediate pushback from residents over noise, hazardous wastewater dumping,

Geauga County Commissioners

SHADOW COUNCILS AND DATA GRIDS: The Private-Sector Takeover Creeping into Geauga County Government

BY JEFF SKINNER CHARDON - A quiet push inside the Geauga County administrative chambers to fundamentally shift how the county conducts economic development has broken into the open, sparking sharp criticism over an apparent lack of public accountability, hidden planning, and a creeping alignment with powerful outside regional interests aggressively angling

smart meters

Ohio Administrative Code Allows Energy Providers to Install Inferior Digital Meters to Wireless Smart Meter Opt-Out Consumers?

BY STAFF CONTRIBUTOR STATEWIDE - Earlier this month, The Ohio Register reported about growing opposition to wireless smart meter installation. While some utility providers are offering “opt out” programs for consumers willing to pay fees, Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10 allows electric providers to install digital meters with the RF

agenda 2030

SignalTrace: The Flock Addition that allows Foreign Governments Complete Surveillance Of Your Every Action

This post was originally made on The Heartland Beat STATEWIDE — In the heart of Ohio’s suburbs and bustling interstates, a quiet expansion of surveillance technology is reshaping how unaccountable entities and foreign nations track everyday drivers. Defense contractor Leonardo US is promoting ELSAG SignalTrace, a signals intelligence upgrade that

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