Data Centers that Work for Ohioans

​Ohio is the No. 5 state for data centers in the country, with over 200 built and 77 more planned or approved. Yet significant community pushback against data centers has developed on the local and state levels, as Ohioans are increasingly concerned about the vast amount of energy and water they consume.

These energy demands are resulting in construction of several new gas plants to power data centers directly, which in turn is driving unprecedented fracking of Ohio state parks and public lands.

Join Save Ohio Parks for a discussion of our new report, "From Demand Drivers to Development Partners: Data Centers that Work for Ohioans."

In this report, we discuss the environmental and social justice concerns about data center energy use, and how data centers could be powered differently while providing benefits to the communities where they are based. We make several recommendations for local officials and for needed changes to state laws.

We hope this webinar provides new perspectives on how to manage the data center buildout in Ohio.