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OPN Feb 19 send: Data centers
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (812+ words) I was out a few days this week but there's still a mountain of political stories to get to, including a comprehensive look at data centers' proliferation across Ohio and the political considerations and concerns that follow. Let's get right…...
How to add us as a Google Preferred Source
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (197+ words) There are a lot of news sources out there, some of which are reputable and some that are not. By adding this website as a Preferred Source in Google, you are making your search results smarter by getting news from…...
Video: Passions run high as local town grapples with data center fears
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (108+ words) Credit: David Sherman, Video Producer | Bryn Dippold, Reporter A massive data center is proposed to be built in the city of Trenton in Butler County. Residents and neighbors fear that the project could hurt their community. Journal-News reporter Bryn Dippold…...
Data centers get big tax breaks. Do they create jobs?
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (568+ words) Bobby Angst, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 648 " which covers Butler County and much of Warren County " said proposed data centers represents hundreds of jobs for local unionized electrical workers. Angst said only two projects in…...
Impact of data centers on regional water supply ‘an emerging issue’
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (533+ words) Water use is one of the most commonly cited concerns with data centers nationwide, but just how much water data centers use is a subject of emerging research, said Ramanitharan Kandiah, professor of Environmental Engineering and chair of the Department…...
Data centers driving up regional electric costs, study finds
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (547+ words) Data centers are partly to blame for rising electric costs across the region, according to a recent study by Charles River Associates, a global consulting firm. The study released this month found that most areas in the United States have…...
‘Life-changing decision’: Data center growth fuels fears in local communities
8+ hour, 38+ min ago (1127+ words) Credit: David Sherman, Video Producer | Bryn Dippold, Reporter When Angie Markham first heard that a data center was planned about half a mile from her home in Trenton, her first words to her husband were, "We're going to have to…...
Greenland crisis boosted Danish apps designed to identify and help boycott US goods
1+ week, 4+ day ago (788+ words) The creator of the "Made O'Meter" app, Ian Rosenfeldt, said he saw around 30,000 downloads of the free app in just three days at the height of the trans-Atlantic diplomatic crisis in late January out of more than 100,000 since it was…...
Apps to boycott US goods gained traction in crisis over Greenland
1+ week, 4+ day ago (788+ words) The creator of the "Made O'Meter" app, Ian Rosenfeldt, said he saw around 30,000 downloads of the free app in just three days at the height of the trans-Atlantic diplomatic crisis in late January out of more than 100,000 since it was…...
TikTok finalizes a deal to form a new American entity
3+ week, 6+ day ago (352+ words) TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years on the platform now used by more than 200 million Americans. President…...