The move by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine comes as tax breaks for energy-hungry AI data centers are increasingly playing a role ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that he will pause the state sales tax exemptions for data ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Sales tax breaks for data centers is adding up to more than $1 billion more than lawmakers were led to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Lawmakers from both parties in Ohio are discussing a repeal of the tax breaks for data centers. For more than a decade, Ohio has granted data center companies sales tax ...

Ohio’s biggest tax break for data centers is more expensive than once thought. A lot more expensive. In 2024, the state sales tax exemption for data centers cost Ohio about $555 million in revenue, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio lawmakers gathered at the statehouse Wednesday to discuss the growth of data centers within the state. They announced a new committee to provide resource information to residents ...

One thing lost in the data-center fight – in which voters in some counties want to limit, even ban, the kilowatt-glutton tentacles of Big Data – is Ohio’s historic tradition of community home rule.