Jon Husted
Republican · OH Senate SUPPORTS DATA CENTERSOutside AI PAC Money: $0
Position on Hyperscale Data Centers
Husted has been a leading champion of Ohio's data center boom, recruiting multibillion-dollar investments from major tech firms, defending data centers as critical to modern digital infrastructure, and sponsoring the Senate version of the Ratepayer Protection Act.
Verified Quotes & Evidence
"Data centers are essential to our digital lives and Google's additional multibillion-dollar investment further establishes central Ohio as an important tech hub in America."
Date: 2026-09
→ Source: Business Insider
"Look, there's so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China."
Date: 2026-10-03
→ Source: Associated Press
"It's not really a shift. I was always trying to hold these companies accountable by making them pay local property taxes... making them pay their share of the infrastructure..."
Date: 2026-07
→ Source: Business Insider