Environmental Studies’ Joshua Basseches says local data center restrictions are more effective than statewide action

Some 40% of US Planned Data Center Capacity Is in States Wanting to Hit Pause

Bloomberg: Joshua Basseches, assistant professor of public policy and environmental sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, said that the 21 local ballot measures limiting construction of hyperscale data centers that voters passed across Ohio in Tuesday's midterm election will have a greater impact on the industry than any statewide action could, because many of the decisions that those projects need, like changes to zoning laws and land-use restrictions, are handled by local governments.