Northwest Ohio rally targets Jon Husted over Ohio data center boom, rising electric costs
A GOP memo obtained by Axios warns data center backlash could cost Husted his seat, the same argument protesters made outside his Lima appearance.
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Leaked GOP memo: Data centers are ‘anchor hanging around Jon Husted’s neck’
The NRSC memo urges AI companies to fix their own public image, warning that a Husted loss could make politicians nationwide wary of backing data centers.
Ohio lawmaker pushes for local hearings before PUCO decides on Dayton utility purchase
Rader warns BlackRock's stake in data centers could create conflicts of interest, while Dayton demands 20-year job and headquarters guarantees before PUCO approves the $10.7 billion sale.
Amy Acton’s pitch to struggling Ohio families: Put money back in their pockets
United For ALICE data shows 37% of Ohio households couldn't cover basics in 2024, the gap Acton's tax credit and data center cost-shifting plan targets ahead of a close November race.
Ramaswamy made $260M after his mom manipulated drug data. Now the billionaire says his generation ‘already made it.’
Oligarch Watch reports Ramaswamy's mother reanalyzed failed drug trial data before a $315M IPO, part of a $260M payout.
Derek Merrin voted to widen data center tax breaks, then took cash from companies tied to the boom
AEP and Windstream gave Merrin $1,500 years after his 2017 vote, while his own Monclova Township later froze data center construction for a year.
Ohio Supreme Court allows Ashville referendum against data center project to move forward
The ruling requires Ohio cities to justify emergency resolutions on data centers, while Pickaway County election officials still must decide if the petition qualifies.
Candidates highlight data center plans. Next Ohio governor will select regulators.
Innovation Ohio calls Ramaswamy's free-electricity pledge unserious, noting he holds financial stakes in AI chipmakers and data center firms.
Ohio U.S. Senate candidates offer contrasting visions for data centers
A Bowling Green poll finds 71% of Ohioans want a construction moratorium, but neither Husted nor Brown has embraced one.
Ohio’s 9th Congressional district race: The candidates’ records on data centers
Merrin backed Ohio's data center tax breaks in 2017 and took donations from firms tied to those incentives, while Kaptur wants companies to pay their own way.
PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out
PJM's plan would cut data centers off the grid first during emergencies unless they secure their own power, leaving states to enforce it.
Vivek Ramaswamy spent months cheering data centers. Now he wants voters to forget.
Ten recorded clips show Ramaswamy calling the data center boom good with no conditions attached.
Backlash builds over Ramaswamy's 'embarrassing' speech to Ohio young conservatives
Acton called Ramaswamy an out-of-touch billionaire as the same crowd's data center complaints echo the moratorium Tiffin's council passed in April.
The biggest battery east of the Mississippi is located in Ohio and will help power an AI complex
Developer Eolian bet on farmland near Amazon and Intel sites a decade ago, and now the wager could ease PJM's price spikes for AI data centers.
Ramaswamy heckled off stage by young conservatives in his hometown as GOP doubts pile up
The libertarian crowd that heckled him fits the exact voter base he's courted for years, as new polls show Acton tied or ahead statewide.
Ramaswamy blamed American culture for foreign hiring. Now he wants Ohio to expand subsidies to biggest H-1B sponsors
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Google topped H-1B approvals in 2025 while collecting Ohio tax breaks Ramaswamy's incentive boards would keep extending.
Pro-data center industry group behind ad campaign in Ohio, Oregon, five other states
Ohio's Connected Ohio and similar groups in six states share ad scripts funded by a coalition whose members include Microsoft, Google and Meta.
Jon Husted spent 6 years courting data centers. Now he tells Ohioans facing higher bills: 'We are the problem.'
Husted's remark comes as Ohio's data center tax break cost $1.6 billion in 2025 and AEP Ohio disconnections hit 15%, four times FirstEnergy's rate.
Sherrod Brown comfortably outraises Jon Husted as outside groups enter Ohio’s U.S. Senate race
Outside groups have committed over $174 million so far, with a dark money nonprofit and Jane Street traders among the biggest donors on both sides.
Acton would back a data center moratorium unless 6 conditions are met. Ramaswamy says Ohio needs more of them, not fewer.
Ramaswamy wants to sort good data center projects from bad ones and keep building, while Acton would bar new facilities that miss any of six conditions.
