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Lynd Fruit Farm in Licking County recently announced it bought 74 acres of land for $1.8 million.

Etna Township Trustees and the Etna Zoning Commission will meet Tuesday night to discuss a plan for future land use.

With lawmakers planning a Sept. 30 vote on a gas tax holiday pushed by Republican governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Democratic opponent Amy Acton is suggesting they take up data centers too.

The city isn't moving forward with a temporary ban on data centers, despite polls showing strong support for such policy. No data centers are currently planned for the city, but those built in surround communities impact Columbus's water system.

The city of Hilliard filed an administrative appeal in 2025 over an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency permit for the fuel cells.

The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously agreed that voters in Trenton must be able to decide the issue, in its second case on votes over data centers in a month.

AEP said in a statement it can now provide utility bill relief to about 2,600 people for every $1 million. With $8.4 million in funding from five data center companies, that means only 21,000 Ohioans would qualify.

In the southwest Ohio city of Trenton, officials are ushering in large-scale data centers that promise jobs and economic development. But, some residents aren’t sold, saying a lack of transparency is leaving them in the dark.

Attack ads have been flooding Ohioans’ airwaves this summer. Democratic nominee Sherrod Brown has been hammering GOP nominee Jon Husted over his stance on data centers.

OpenAI joins Japanese-owned SB Energy, Nvidia and the U.S. Department of Energy in what is planned to be a six-year construction project.