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Data center restrictions gain momentum across northwest Ohio
Successful citizen-led ballot initiatives limiting the size of data centers have led to a flurry of activity in other Toledo-area municipalities since the Nov. 3 election, including Whitehouse, Waterville, and Rossford. Volunteers turned over signed petitions for those three communities on Thursday, Friday, and Monday, respectively. They claim they gathered more than enough signatures for the Lucas County Board of Elections to certify them and require each of those municipalities to put similar ballot issues in front of voters in those communities. Next up are Perrysburg, Maumee, and Bowling Green. Toledo, which would need many more signatures because of its size, could eventually be targeted as well, said Lyn Cox, county lead for Conserve Ohio’s grassroots efforts in Lucas and Wood counties. Petitions have come back from printers for Perrysburg and Maumee, and are expected to be available in the next day or two for Bowling Green, she said. In the coming weeks, citizen-led ballot initiatives also will begin in Sylvania and Holland, Ms. Cox said. The activity comes in the aftermath of Oregon’s overwhelming vote in favor of a charter amendment that bans the construction of data centers that require 25 megawatts or more of electricity, which eliminates hyperscale
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Findlay to use $24 million in FEMA funding to restore Blanchard River acres to wetlands
FINDLAY, Ohio (WTVG) - Findlay is set to use $24 million in FEMA funding to restore hundreds of acres along the Blanchard River to native wetlands. Owens Community College science professor Bob Connour has worked for more than two decades to protect the same waterway. His message is that what happens upstream can affect Lake Erie.
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Toledo AI Week Opens With Free Training as AI Skills Command Wage Premium
TOLEDO — Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz has proclaimed this week Toledo AI Week for the second consecutive year, as Great Lakes AI Week opened Tuesday at Bowling Green State University with free, hands-on artificial intelligence training and certification for Northwest Ohio workers, students and job seekers, the Enterprise Technology Association announced in a release distributed […]
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Rezoning, data centers covered in Waterville council meeting
WATERVILLE – Waterville City Council approved the rezoning of 48 acres of land on Neapolis Waterville Road, accepted petitions for a proposed charter amendment to limit the size of data centers, heard about the Dec. 5 Christmas Light Up event and reviewed the five-year capital planning program during its Nov. 9 meeting.