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AI Developments
The A.I. Data Center Backlash Has Reached a Quiet Corner of Rural England (New York Times, Gift Link)
Saudis Aided Family of Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI, Prosecutors Say (New York Times, Gift Link)
SpaceX Swings to a Profit, as A.I. Business Grows (New York Times, Gift Link)
Welcome to the future of work: More meetings and nagging bots (Washington Post, Gift Link)
The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical. (Gates Notes)
Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026
We Must Pace the Frontier (Dario Amodei)
Sam Altman says people are right to fear advancing AI but should trust AI leaders (Washington Post)
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)
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)
AEP Ohio teams up with data centers to help pay for spiking electric bills (Columbus Dispatch)
AI and Big Investments
Valor Energy acquires commuting site in Youngstown, Ohio (Data Center Dynamics)
Amazon pitches 600-acre data center development in Butler County at open house (WCPO)
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)
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
$137 Million in A.I-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms (New York Times, Gift Link)
Democrats eyeing the presidency can't stop talking about this issue (Washington Post, Gift Link)
How could data centers impact the midterm elections in Ohio (WVXU)
'Pitchfork Populism' Over Data Centers Rattles Ohio's U.S. Senate Race (Inside Climate News)
How a fringe AI movement convinced Washington the end is near (Washington Post, Gift Link)
OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but should trust AI firms (BBC)
Political world erupts as AI researchers warn of 'extinction' threat (Washington Post, Gift Link)
See the moment when Republican politicians turned against data centers (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
Quick Facts: Data Centers in Ohio (Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel)
Data Center Policy in Ohio: A Cost-Benefit Analysis (Scioto Analysis)
Hyperscale data centers are bulldozing way into Ohio, leaving communities with lots of questions, few answers (BG Independent News)
A construction ban on data centers would be better for Ohio than the status quo, study says (Ohio Capital Journal)
Inside Ohio's Revolt Against Data Centers (Inside Climate News)
Village can reject data center construction application after moratorium imposed (Ohio Supreme Court)
Raise Summit 2026 | Alex Bouzari (the CUBE)
Digital Infrastructure Growth Drives $15 Million Wieland Expansion in Delaware (JobsOhio)
2026 Global Data Center Market Comparison Report
Texas Powers Past Virginia in Global Data Center Rankings (Data Center Knowledge)
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)
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)
Anthropic
Investing in the public benefit
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
Why Data Centers Are Such a Big Part of Meta's AI Approach
Meta's Global Policy Chief to Leave After 15 Years (NYT, Gift Link)
Inside Prometheus: Meta's Journey to Gigawatt-Scale Supercluster
Meta has acquired over 500 acres in Licking County in the past 12 months
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)
Indiana
Microsoft signs 20-year power deal with Indian utility NiSource for planned data center in the state (Data Center Dynamics)
476 acre data center development planned in Kokomo
Meta's New Data Center in Lebanon, Indiana Marks a Milestone AI Investment
Progress Made on Massive Amazon Data Center in Hobart
Michigan
Record $16B Data Center Project Advances in Michigan (Engineering News-Record)
Township vote paves way for Michigan's second hyperscale data center (Bridge Michigan)
What's true and what's not in Michigan's data center debate (The Oakland Press)
Michigan town erupts over proposed AI data center as fight gets political (NBC)