Where does Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley stand on data centers?
Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley has 34 statements on data centers on the record.
Statements 34 statements
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We have an AI data center boom in Ohio which is great. I'm all for it. I'm strongly in favor of it.
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I am against you and the people of this state having to pay for them. If you are going to use electricity from the electric grid, you should have to pay for it and bring your own energy.
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Vivek Ramaswamy said he would enforce both ballot measures if they were to pass
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Ramaswamy said data centers should pay property taxes and facilities that generate their own power should also pay property taxes
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Vivek Ramaswamy said he would require data centers to be built on abandoned industrial sites rather than farmland
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Vivek Ramaswamy said the data center ban would hurt the state's economy
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Vivek Ramaswamy said he opposes a ballot proposal to ban most data centers by limiting their size
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Vivek Ramaswamy said he opposes the sales tax exemption for data centers and does not favor tax breaks in general
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Vivek Ramaswamy outlined a plan responding to data center complaints on Fox & Friends Weekend
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Republican Vivek Ramaswamy wants to pass legislation setting statewide standards for data centers including lowering costs around where data center is built
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Ramaswamy announced a 90 day gas tax suspension on September 23, 2026, about six and a half hours after Acton announced a gas tax holiday on the same morning.
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Vivek Ramaswamy said legislation addressing data center development is too complicated to pass during the legislative session scheduled for next week
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Between March 27 and April 26, 2025, Ramaswamy described Ohio's data center boom as good or great at least 10 times, with no proposal to halt approvals or conditions on development.
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Vivek Ramaswamy has his own moratorium and says he will sign it on day one as governor
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Ramaswamy has disclosed investments in companies and funds connected to the broader data center and artificial intelligence industries, including Amazon, Microsoft, NVIDIA and a semiconductor exchange traded fund.
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Ramaswamy's campaign has made data center development a major part of his economic platform, while also proposing changes to how the industry is regulated.
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Vivek Ramaswamy proposed signing an executive order on his first day in office temporarily halting approval of new data center projects until the legislature passes his proposal into law
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Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican gubernatorial candidate, called for three non negotiable conditions: nearby residents must receive free electricity from data center developers, new facilities must pay full property taxes with no abatements with revenue funding homeowner rebates, and strict air and water quality standards prioritizing brownfields
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Ramaswamy said AI data centers moving to Ohio is good and he wants Bitcoin mining and AI data center industries in the state
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Ramaswamy said generation makes up about half of a customer's power bill
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Ramaswamy's current plan would temporarily stop new data center projects until lawmakers enact rules requiring developers to provide electricity or compensation to nearby residents, pay full property taxes and meet environmental and farmland protections
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Vivek Ramaswamy proposed requiring data centers to provide free electricity to neighboring residents
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Ramaswamy's platform announced in August would prohibit new data centers from coming to Ohio until companies pay electric bills for the communities they are in
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Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican gubernatorial candidate, said data centers have done a horrific job
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Ramaswamy's data center plan would prioritize abandoned industrial sites rather than virgin fertile farmland
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Vivek Ramaswamy said he would sign an order on day one requiring new data centers to generate their own power
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Ramaswamy said excess power from data centers would go to power purchase agreements providing free electricity to local communities
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Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy pledged to issue a first day in office executive order halting approval of all new data center projects
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Ramaswamy also wants new data centers to protect Ohio farmland, meet environmental standards, and generate enough energy to avoid driving up electricity costs for existing residents
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Vivek Ramaswamy promised free electricity for residents living near new data centers
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Under Ramaswamy's proposal, future data centers would not receive property tax abatements and would pay their full property taxes, with some revenue used to fund property tax rebates for homeowners in surrounding communities
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Ramaswamy proposed steering development away from fertile farmland and toward brownfields and abandoned industrial sites, with strict air and water quality standards, water recycling and greater transparency during the approval process
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Ramaswamy says he wants the Ohio legislature to turn those conditions into law if he becomes governor
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Ohio needs more data centers
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No vote on a data center measure on the record.
