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Governor Mike DeWine has backed a federal pledge to stop data centers from shifting electricity costs onto ratepayers, as Ohio races to become a tech hub with over 240 centers under construction. While proponents tout AI readiness and economic growth, communities push back over environmental strain and resource overuse, even launching a constitutional amendment campaign to ban most projects. State governments have offered massive tax breaks — including a $1.6 billion cost last year — prompting DeWine to pause a key sales tax exemption. Even U.S. Senator Jon Husted, a former lieutenant governor, is facing backlash for supporting data centers, despite introducing legislation to ensure companies pay for their own power — arguing America needs the infrastructure, but not at the expense of working families.

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