Are Data Centers Crisis For Cleveland? County issues warning guide as experts say massive facilities strain grid, water systems while delivering relatively few permanent jobs

Min Dale Edwards Executive Director Call and Post, Vice President Southern Christian Leadership Conference 

CLEVELAND — As Northeast Ohio continues to market itself as a prime destination for technology and artificial intelligence infrastructure, a growing debate is emerging over what data centers actually give back to the communities that host them — and what they take away.

On June 10, Chris Ronayne released a Data Center Development Guide designed to help local communities evaluate proposals…