Law's Miranda Leppla and Great Lakes Energy Institute's Jonathan Steirer discusses Ohio’s rapid data center expansion

Should cities ban data centers? Residents cite environmental harm, others claim economic growth

ideastream: Miranda Leppla, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the School of Law, and Jonathan Steirer, interim director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute, discussed Ohio’s rapid data center expansion, weighing promised economic growth against concerns about energy demand, water use, environmental impacts, tax incentives, and AI-related job losses.