'Finally Burying The Term Rust Belt': Ohio Senator Praises Intel For Chip Plants In Buckeye State
In Xenia, Greene County (OH), Xenia City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
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'Finally Burying The Term Rust Belt': Ohio Senator Praises Intel For Chip Plants In Buckeye State
Xenia City Council · June 15, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:15 Xenia City Council Officials and Speakers Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Officials and speakers in Xenia, OH address municipal data center zoning, grid capacity, and community impacts.
"coast have used that outdated defensive term a term that demeans our workers and devalues our work now ohio the center of the country the heart of the industrial midwest leads the way in the next generation of manufacturing the state that founded the auto industry and gave us the wright brothers is today making the most advanced chips that go into cars and phones and appliances"
- Clip 2 · 0:48 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Community members and local officials in Xenia, OH weigh water supply, electricity rates, and neighborhood buffer rules.
"we finally have a president who understands what carrying a union card means who centers workers who cares about wages who comes from the industrial heartland a union card that means better wages a union card that means better benefits a union card that often means a more flexible work schedule within the that workers have a decision and input"
- Clip 3 · 1:12 Xenia City Council Member Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Xenia City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
"into forming and look at the results we're getting last year for the first time in 20 years our economy grew faster than china think about that for the first time in two decades the american economy grew faster than china's economy"
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