Monetary penalties aren't enough. For significant community harm, CEOs and powerful individuals should face jail time, not just shareholder fines and continued salaries. This would fundamentally change corporate accountability.
OHIO 🚨 Stephen Petty Testimony 6/1/2026
He's the President of EES Group (Engineering & Expert Services), who lived for 40 years in Ohio and recently moved to Florida like many Ohioans to enjoy the warmer weather. @OAMFStephanie invited him to come and share his wealth of knowledge, before we get in too deep.
See thread (Post 2 of 2) below for informative and (NON-CHINA INFLUENCED) detail regarding Data Center impacts. #Ohio #Legionella #WaterQuality #PublicHealth
Hey Ohio.
I need you for one minute. I have gotten a lot of negative comments on the Hyperscale Data Center Ban Initiative.
This was started by Ohioans. It is a grassroots Ohio initiative, by the people and for the people.
No one is paid to help gather signatures. It's up to us.
If you have a few hours in the next 4 weeks, you can make the difference. Many counties do not have volunteers. You can print the packet off online. Collect signatures, and simply mail them back. Friends, neighbors, family members, church. It all matters. Whatever you can do.
The petition was just approved by AG Yost weeks ago. Everyone is doing their best, and working tirelessly to Save Ohio. Yes, it's crazy and as organized as it can be. Help if you can. It matters.
We are at 11.8% of the goal. We can do this!
https://t.co/S8ULCZdeKp
NEW: Cancer rates in Iowa are rising faster than anywhere else in the country.
Politicians blame individual choices, but the real villain is the industrial farming covering the state.
We went, tested the water, and found cancer causing levels of chemicals running through Iowa.
Yesterday I drove to Columbus to testify before Ohio’s Joint Data Center Committee thinking it was a serious effort to protect Ohio communities.
Today I found out several of the members have conflicts of interest.
Ohioans are being told this committee exists to provide oversight and protect citizens from the impacts of massive data center development. But look at who is sitting on the committee.
One co-chair owns and manages oil and gas companies, well services, and businesses connected to energy infrastructure.
Another co-chair runs an industrial contracting company that could potentially benefit from large-scale infrastructure projects.
Another member leads a commercial and industrial construction company.
Several committee members have received campaign contributions from utility, energy, construction, and power-sector PACs.
Meanwhile, these same politicians support policies promoting massive energy expansion for data centers.
So here’s my question:
How can Ohioans have confidence this committee is independent when so many members have professional, political, or financial ties to industries that stand to benefit from data center growth?
I didn’t come to Columbus to participate in political theater.
I came because Ohio families have legitimate questions about energy demand, water consumption, environmental impacts, property rights, privacy concerns, and the long-term consequences of building an AI and data center economy across our state.
Instead of an independent watchdog, are we looking at a committee designed to reassure the public while the decisions have already been made?
Ohioans deserve answers.
Ohioans deserve transparency.
And Ohioans deserve a committee that represents the public, not the industries that profit from the outcome.
Was this committee created to protect Ohio citizens?
Or was it created to make us think someone is protecting Ohio citizens?
That’s the question I you with today. #Ohio #datacenters #WaterRights #PrivacyMatters #energybills
🚨 OHIOANS
Join Conserve Ohio, Monday June 1st, for Pack the Statehouse - in Columbus.
This is your chance to let your voice be heard by the Data Center Commission on the data center take-over ‼️
1 Capitol Square
Columbus, OH 43215
United States
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🔴 Just watched the Ohio Select Committee on Data Centers (May 27, 2026) —
Invited Testimony
Dan Diorio Data Center Coalition
Asim Haque PJM
Jenifer French PUCO
Maureen Willis OCC
John LogueOhio EPA
Mary Mertz ODNR
Not a public hearing. They hand-picked who got to speak.
No farmers with dry wells.
No parents worried about EMFs near schools.
None of the 30,000+ Ohioans who signed the petition to ban large-scale data centers.
Just the industry, regulators, and grid operators patting each other on the back.
The government can call me whatever they want. I am not afraid of the labels they use to stop people from standing up for what is right. I am afraid of losing our farms, bees, fresh water, and what’s left of our beautiful earth.
No data center is worth losing this. ⬇️
Vivek Ramaswamy's pitch to expand AI data centers across Ohio is colliding with rural opposition: 71 percent of Americans oppose building one in their area, and a grassroots group is gathering signatures for a constitutional amendment to ban data centers using more than 25 megawatts of power. Read more: https://t.co/ren5i0ZDM2
IF WE DON’T START TALKING ABOUT DATA CENTERS NOW. WE LOSE EVERYTHING.
WATER. ENERGY. LAND.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN MOST PEOPLE REALIZE.
Global data centers already consume 415 TWh of electricity (1.5% of the world’s total in 2024) and by 2030? Projected to hit 945 TWh nearly double in 4 years, rivaling entire countries’ power use.
In the US alone: 176 TWh (4.4% of national electricity) today, heading toward 6-12% by 2028. One hyperscale campus can suck as much power as 100,000+ homes.
They’re guzzling billions of gallons of water daily for cooling. enough to stress rivers, lakes, and entire communities while blacking out grids.This isn’t “progress.” It’s an unchecked explosion of AI infrastructure that’s about to spike your electric bills, drain local water, and reshape energy policy for decades.
We need transparency, smart regluation, and real debate before Big Tech owns the future and we pay the price
I don't want AI in every app.
I don't want data centers anywhere.
I don't want cities on Mars.
I want clean water.
I want affordable healthcare.
I want safety.
And I want bees to survive.
Local Ohio leaders are pausing data center growth to study impacts, facing criticism from business groups prioritizing development over community concerns.
https://t.co/XIHTwVyRvA
President Trump’s grip on the Republican Party was on display in primaries across the country, with several Trump critics losing after the president targeted their campaigns. https://t.co/5pD97mhusg