Portage County, Ohio
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Your county: 2 data center sites, 0 with a sourced job figure, 4 officials who represent them.
| Site | Status | Construction | Permanent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitdeer Shalersville Data Center Campus | Announced | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| SR-14 Data Center Proposal (Ravenna) | Announced | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
Sources
- 1.Associated Press race call, 2026 Governor OH result. ↩
- 2.moreno.senate.gov release, Feb 27, 2026, moreno.senate.gov release, Feb 27, 2026 statement, Feb 27, 2026. ↩
- 3.Moreno Senate release, Moreno Senate release statement, Oct 15, 2026. ↩
- 4.Associated Press race call, 2026 U.S. Senate OH result. ↩
- 5.Congressional Record, Senate floor, Sep 17, 2026, Congressional Record, Senate floor, Sep 17, 2026 statement, Sep 17, 2026. ↩
- 6.Associated Press race call, 2026 U.S. House OH-14 result. ↩
- 7.House Clerk, Roll Call 312, House Clerk, Roll Call 312 vote record. ↩
- 8.Acton campaign release, Acton campaign release statement, Jul 27, 2026. ↩
- 9.Acton campaign site, Data Centers issue page, Acton campaign site, Data Centers issue page statement, Jul 22, 2026. ↩
- 10.Victory speech, C-SPAN video at 5:09, transcribed by TechPolicy.Press, Victory speech, C-SPAN video at 5:09, transcribed by TechPolicy.Press statement, Nov 4, 2026. ↩
- 11.Brown campaign newsletter, Aug 10, 2026, Brown campaign newsletter, Aug 10, 2026 statement, Aug 10, 2026. ↩
- 12.ABC 6 Columbus interview, ABC 6 Columbus interview statement, Nov 2, 2026. ↩
- 13.Brown campaign ad script, Brown campaign ad script statement, Jul 10, 2026. ↩
- 14.The Ohio Independent, The Ohio Independent statement, Oct 6, 2026. ↩
Who represents this county
Serving now · leaving Jan 2027
Mike DeWine (R) · Governor · term ends 2027-01 (term-limited)2026 Governor OH: won by Amy Acton (D), AP call1, not yet certified · official count
"This is where the future is. This is now. And we have to be a part of it."
Ideastream, Jun 11, 2026 · source
Serving now · not on 2026 ballot
Bernie Moreno (R) · U.S. Senator · term ends Jan 3, 2031"Taxpayers will not subsidize data centers, period. When state and local governments hand out corporate welfare to these massive corporations, the federal government must intervene and shut it down."
Senate press release, Oct 15, 2026 · source
Paraphrase: Statement condemning an Ohio EPA draft permit that would let data centers release untreated wastewater and stormwater into rivers and streams.2
Paraphrase: Introduced the RECLAIM Act, which would put a 100% federal tax on state and local incentives for data centers and bar federal incentives for them.3
Contact: website · DC 202-224-2315
Outgoing · lost 2026 race · leaves Jan 2027
Jon Husted (R) · U.S. Senator2026 U.S. Senate OH: won by Sherrod Brown (D), AP call4, not yet certified · official count
Lost 2026 race to Sherrod Brown4
"If America wants to lead the world in AI and strengthen our national security, we have to build the energy infrastructure to support it. But we must do that without passing the costs on to working families and small businesses."
Senate press release, Jul 20, 2026 · source
The companies creating enormous new demands for electricity should pay the costs required to serve them--pretty simple.5
Congressional Record, Senate floor, Sep 17, 2026, Sep 17, 2026
Data centers should only be located where communities want them.5
Congressional Record, Senate floor, Sep 17, 2026, Sep 17, 2026
Contact: website · DC 202-224-3353
Serving now · won 2026 race
David P. Joyce (R) · U.S. Representative (119th) · OH-14 · term ends Jan 3, 20272026 U.S. House OH-14: won by David Joyce (R), AP call6, not yet certified · official count
Vote: Roll call vote: Yea on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (passed 417 to 3, Sep 16, 2026). The bill asks states to make large loads such as data centers pay for the grid upgrades they need.7
Contact: website · DC 202-225-5731
Incoming · takes office Jan 2027
Amy Acton (D) · Governor-elect2026 Governor OH: won by Amy Acton (D), AP call1, not yet certified · official count
As governor, I will take immediate action and support a conditional moratorium on data centers to ensure they cover one hundred percent of their utility costs, exclusively build with union labor, operate with full transparency, adhere to Ohio's environmental standards, support the needs of local communities, and bring jobs to former industrial areas that have been left behind,8
Acton campaign release, Jul 27, 2026
All costs for gas, water and electricity needs to be covered by data centers and their investors, not Ohio taxpayers or our communities.9
Acton campaign site, Data Centers issue page, Jul 22, 2026
Ohio's out-of-control long-term tax incentives must be reined in.9
Acton campaign site, Jul 22, 2026
Incoming · takes office Jan 2027
Sherrod Brown (D) · U.S. Senator-elect2026 U.S. Senate OH: won by Sherrod Brown (D), AP call4, not yet certified · official count
I do not work for data centers.10
Victory speech, C-SPAN video at 5:09, transcribed by TechPolicy.Press, Nov 4, 2026
Data centers should pay the full cost of the electricity they use.11
Brown campaign newsletter, Aug 10, 2026, Aug 10, 2026
You cap electric rates. You make sure that they don't get these tax breaks.12
ABC 6 Columbus interview, Nov 2, 2026
I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.13
Brown campaign ad script, Jul 10, 2026
Local communities should decide whether or not a data center comes into their community, not out of state corporations and billionaires.14
The Ohio Independent, Oct 6, 2026
Questions
How many data centers are in this county?
This page lists every data center campus we track in the county: operating, under construction, permitted and announced. Figures are listed site by site and never added up across claim types. Source
What trades build data centers?
Electricians lead, then pipefitters, HVAC mechanics, ironworkers, equipment operators, laborers and controls technicians. Apprenticeships through union halls and state programs are the main way in. Source
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