Data Centers

Marietta TimesJanuary 23, 2026Amber Phipps The Washington County Commission approved a letter of intent and NDA (non-disclosure agreement) Thursday to enter into conversations with potential developers for a data center that’s proposed to be in Waterford. Commissioner Charlie Schilling read the letter of intent into the record which stated their support for the potential developer…

By Joe WilkinsNovember 29, 2025 For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires. Add another grim possibility to that list: debilitating rare cancers. Reporting on the “data center boom” in the state of Oregon, Rolling Stone tells the…

December 4, 2025 Ohio’s farmland is disappearing quickly, and many are asking why big tech companies and billionaires are buying so much of it here in the Buckeye State. Fields that have been in the same family for decades are suddenly gone, sold to “out of town” LLCs in cash deals that the average person…