Ohio residents continue dissent over data center ordinances passed by city council
Twinsburg Mayor Sam Scaffide and City Council addressed resident questions regarding a proposed data center tax incentive package, clarifying that the facility is a smaller enterprise facility rather than a hyperscale campus.
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Ohio residents continue dissent over data center ordinances passed by city council
Twinsburg City Council · June 23, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:19 Twinsburg City Council Applicant and Economic Development Presentation Developer Representative In support auto captions, uncheckedWater Power & Grid Zoning Tax Abatements
Substantive hearing record before Twinsburg City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"Council as they pass this emergency ordinance 5 to 2. Residents asking a lot of questions, raising a lot of concerns. They left frustrated and still with no answers. >> Motion passes 5-2 and ordinance 2641 passes. >> For hours, residents stood before Wilmington City Council raising concerns and asking questions surrounding the"
- Clip 2 · 1:04 Twinsburg City Council Official Deliberation Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedWater Power & Grid Zoning Tax Abatements
Substantive hearing record before Twinsburg City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"addressing the data center's rezoning, use rules, and generator noise. That noise ordinance passed as written with emergency language, but the ordinance drawing the most concern is the rezoning ordinance from rural residential to light industrial. It needed at least 75% of the vote to pass. Last time it failed, this time passing 5 to 2. >> a real opportunity here. And this"
- Clip 3 · 1:34 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Substantive hearing record before Twinsburg City Council regarding data center siting, utility capacity, and community impacts.
"residents time to challenge it. Most council members chose not to respond after residents raised objections and asked questions. >> Look at the facts that were presented tonight. Answer the questions. These are the questions. There is no emergency. >> Residents say they're not opposed to technology, economic development, or data centers in general. They want"
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