Energy and climateFinding

Ohio should pause new data centers until they pay their full share of power grid costs.

Large data centers use large amounts of electricity and can raise the cost of grid upgrades shared by other customers. A pause would stop new projects until rules require them to cover those costs.

Vivek Ramaswamy

Republican
Agree

Issue an executive order on my first day in office to immediately halt the approval of any new data center project announcements in Ohio

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