Data centers

Amazon hosted an open house about a potential 600-acre data center. Trenton City Council also withdrew legislation proposing financial benefits for residents if Issue 17 fails.

Six of the seven justices wrote the city doesn’t have the legal grounds to enact a rule allowing citizens to sue data centers for violations of the ordinance.

BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and Swedish firm EQT will make up the largest shareholders who are buying the Dayton-based utility company.

Developers say a data center is a good use of an abandoned industrial site, but Canton residents are concerned over noise and property values.

In the southwest Ohio city of Trenton, officials are ushering in large-scale data centers that promise jobs and economic development. But, some residents aren’t sold, saying a lack of transparency is leaving them in the dark.

The first building phase of 5C Group's Springfield data center is expected to be complete by the end of September. While economic leaders wait in anticipation, some residents aren't so enthused.

The July 14 order will require the city to redo key steps of the $4 billion project’s permitting process before it can make a decision on the site plan. A public hearing on the affected zoning rules is scheduled for Aug. 20.

One petition seeks to put a data center ban on the November ballot for Urbana. The other seeks to recall Urbana Mayor Bill Bean.

New York-based real estate firm Thor Equities filed the federal lawsuit June 19, alleging Urbana officials violated state and local laws when it changed regulations preventing data center developments.

Dayton's planning department recommended zoning changes to ban data centers as well restrict gas stations and car washes. The city commission will vote June 24 on the proposal.

The Ohio Chamber is advocating for continued tax breaks for data centers, saying it has new research showing central Ohio and the Miami Valley have enough water to sustain data center growth through 2030.

The Urbana City Council has started the process to roll back zoning changes that had made it easier for data centers to be built there.