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Vivek Ramaswamy

Republican · OH Governor SUPPORTS DATA CENTERS
Outside AI PAC Money: $10.00M
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Position on Hyperscale Data Centers

  • Running on an aggressive compute-expansion platform to make Ohio the “AI capital of the Midwest,” backing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), fracking public lands, and opposing any municipal or state moratoriums (NBC4 Columbus / Ohio Capital Journal).
  • Pivoted from early promises of free industrial electricity after ratepayer blowback, telling WCPO: “If you are going to use electricity from the electric grid, you should have to pay for it and bring your own energy.”
  • Supported by a historic $10,000,000 independent expenditure from the Victors, Not Victims PAC—bankrolled by $5,000,000 from xAI founder Elon Musk and $5,000,000 from cloud billionaire Ratmir Timashev (Hoodline).
  • Documented personal holdings in tech and data-center companies (TiffinOhio.net); stated to the Journal News and WCPO that he will divest all data-center-connected stock if elected governor.

Verified Quotes & Evidence

"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."
Date: 2026-09-18
→ Source: WCPO 9 Cincinnati
"We've got AI data centers moving to our state. That's a good thing."
Date: 2026-10-22
→ Source: X (Twitter) / @dvsmemphis
"Ohio needs to build more power generation—including nuclear and natural gas—so we can power the AI revolution right here in the heartland without driving up electric bills for everyday Ohioans."
Date: 2026-06-15
→ Source: NBC4 Columbus