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Meta is trying to jumpstart Ohio's nuclear energy sector, while Microsoft is committing to paying for its own electric and water usage. Both come as electric and water utility rates rise in Columbus, one of the largest data center hubs.

Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.

AEP Ohio and a Meta affiliate are asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to approve the arrangement. Meta wants the substation to supply power to a data center.

Ohio lawmakers have been debating bills requiring app stores to establish age verification measures. Meta is behind one version and Google is backing the other one.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) sent Intel’s chief executive a letter Friday making several asks of the tech designer and manufacturer.

Moreno's letter Friday said he wants to ensure "that this investment is not a charade or worse potential fraud."

The Data Center Coalition, a national organization representing data centers, is not happy with a decision state utility regulators made this week allowing AEP Ohio to charge that industry for power differently than other rate payers.

Ohio Consumers' Counsel attorney Bill Michael's line of questioning on Tuesday suggested companies like Amazon, Meta and Microsoft can afford to pay their fair share, when it comes to purchasing electricity.