<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1xX7Sf_18zQq3NS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1xX7Sf_18zQq3NS00" width="1200" height="600" >MIDDLETON TWP., Ohio (WTVG) - Communities across northwest Ohio are responding to data center development plans with varying approaches, many implementing moratoriums as residents express opposition to the projects.Mark Patton said data center development is affecting communities throughout the region.“It’s every county, it’s every community and it’s everywhere,” Patton said.Sheila and Mark Patton have lived in Middleton Township for more than three decades. They live about a mile from a multimillion-dollar Meta data center development, where construction cranes are visible from their road.“We’re concerned and we like it out here, we like the quietness, we’ve here for 38 years, we’ve built this house, we plan to die here,” Mark Patton said.The Pattons said their neighbors are experiencing impacts from the data center construction.“They have lights from the data center shining into their kitchen, they don’t even have to turn their lights on in the dead of night because the lights are so bright from the data center now,” Sheila Patton said.Residents have expressed concerns about noise, light and water pollution, as well as changes to farmland. Mark Patton said the development process lacked transparency.“Nobody knew what it was, what was coming, you know it was all hush-hush, we had elected officials sign non-disclosures,” he said.The Village of Archbold tabled a moratorium proposal on data centers earlier this week to prevent possible lawsuits and give the village time to study the complete impact of data centers.Monclova Township implemented a moratorium this week. The city of Maumee and Waterville have similar pauses in place.Earlier this month, Oregon City Council did not grant an extension to a developer to finalize a plan for a $2 billion data center.“The heartbreak is all of that beautiful farm ground that will never be farmed again,” Sheila Patton said.The data center discussion has reached lawmakers in Columbus, who recently announced a desire to form a bipartisan data center commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Ohio data centers.Latest Local News | First Alert Weather | Crime | National | 13abc Originals</div></body>

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MIDDLETON TWP., Ohio (WTVG) - Communities across northwest Ohio are responding to data center development plans with varying approaches, many implementing moratoriums as residents express opposition to the projects. Mark Patton said data center development is affecting communities throughout the region. “It’s every county, it’s every community and it’s everywhere,”...

Northwest Ohio communities grapple with data center developments and possible plans

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MIDDLETON TWP., Ohio (WTVG) - Communities across northwest Ohio are responding to data center development plans with varying approaches, many implementing 

Northwest Ohio communities grapple with data center developments and possible plans

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