Data centers

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.

The largest shareholders will be BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and Swedish firm EQT. AES expects the transaction to be final later this year at the earliest.

The proposed resolution would add a layer of review for data center projects coming into Wilmington.

The decision puts a 12-month pause on any new data centers from being considered for construction in Urbana.

In July, American Electric Power got the green light from the state regulatory body the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to move forward with its data center tariff.

The unanimous move to table the plan for Amazon's data center came after city staff pointed out missing impact studies and remaining utility questions.

The owner of the Springfield data center, the 5C Group, said it is using low-water use cooling systems and working with renewable energy providers to reduce its environmental footprint.