AI and Water Usage

Columbus-area data centers used 1.2 billion gallons of water in a year. (Columbus Dispatch)

AI and Energy

Veolia to operate 350 MW gas-powered microgrid for Ohio data center campus (DCD)

AEP Ohio secures $18m from data center firm to bill assistance program (DCD)

Ohio regulators direct data center firms to provide utility AEP Ohio with 180 days notice prior to grid connection (DCD)

Rate of play: How US states are changing the rules around data centers and power (DCD)

Residents press CIC on DarkByte power line (Your Ohio News)

AI Meets Renewable Energy: DarkByte Teams Up with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to deliver an AI Cloud (PR Newswire)

AEP Ohio teams up with data centers to help pay for spiking electric bills (Columbus Dispatch)

AI and Big Investments

Amazon plans 18-building campus outside Cincinnati, Ohio (DCD)

Nvidia confirms it will back 4.25GW of OpenAI capacity at Ports-Pike mega data center (DCD)

OpenAI commits to massive buildout of Pike County data campus. (Columbus Dispatch)

Indiana gets $10 Billion

America's data-centre backlash puts the AI boom at risk. (The Economist)

Meta DC infrastructure partner purchases $42m land parcel in New Albany, Ohio (DCD)

China v. Silicon Valley (Washington Post, Gift Link)

Power Up for the Heat (New York Times, Gift Link)

AI and Education

Codex for Ohio college students

AI in Politics

See the moment when Republican politicians turned against data centers (Washington Post, Gift Link)

Ties to data centers could cost Ohio Sen. Jon Husted his seat, memo warns (Washington Post, Gift Link)

The unexpected issue dividing parties and midterms candidates (Washington Post, Gift Link)

What to watch Tuesday: Mamdani, AI industry flex political power in New York (AP News)

Data Centers

Raise Summit 2026 | Alex Bouzari (the CUBE)

Digital Infrastructure Growth Drives $15 Million Wieland Expansion in Delaware (JobsOhio)

New mega-scale AI campus to transform a brownfield site in Coshocton County into a sustainable, high-density data centre hub with long-term economic impact (DataCentre Magazine)

2026 Global Data Center Market Comparison Report

Texas Powers Past Virginia in Global Data Center Rankings (Data Center Knowledge)

Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers (New York Times, Gift Link)

A County Got Rich From Data Centers. Some Question ‘At What Cost?’ (New York Times, Gift Link)

Tech Giants Get a Blue Collar Ally (Washington Post)

Ohio's data center boom really started in New Albany. We went there to see what it looks like. (ABC News 5 Cleveland)

Ohio's Data Centers at a Glance

Ohio's data center building boom: Nearly 80 more could be on the way (WSYX ABC 6)

Ohio lawmakers create bipartisan committee to get 'accurate, relevant' info on data centers (Statehouse News Bureau)

Economists: Incentives for Ohio data centers are a loser. So is banning new construction (Ohio Capital Journal)

As more Ohio towns ban data centers, lawmakers move to 'study' impacts (ABC 5 News Cleveland)

Locals Are Using AI to Fight Data Centers Being Built in Their Backyards (The Wall Street Journal)

Environment

Environmental group asking for moratorium on new data centers in Ohio (WOSU 89.7 NPR)

Data Centers can push Ohio green energy if lawmakers act, per report (Columbus Dispatch)

Landsman data center oversight bill takes aim at rising energy costs (WLWT)

Healthcare

There are more AI health tools than ever--but how well do they work? (MIT Technology Review)

AI is speeding into healthcare. Who should regulate it? (The Harvard Gazette)

Real Estate

New Albany expands Intel-adjacent business park (Columbus Dispatch)

Google

Google bets $500 million on Lima with new data center project (Ohio Tech News)

Temporary Google Construction traffic among resident concerns (The Lima News)

Intel

Intel, Apple strikes chipmaking deal, WSJ reports (Reuters)

As stock soars, good vibes are back for Intel in Ohio (Axios)

Meta

Meta's New Data Center in Lebanon, Indiana Marks a Milestone AI Investment

Inside One of Meta's Data Centers

An Ohio newspaper has a star writer. It isn't human. (Washington Post)