U.S. Senate · Ohio
Side-by-side comparison of candidate stances on AI hyperscale data center moratoriums, electricity rate hikes, water depletion, and Super PAC funding.
Candidate Position
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.
Sources & Verified Statements
“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.”
“Look, there's so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China.”
“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...”
Candidate Position
Brown has campaigned aggressively against corporate subsidies and state tax breaks for data centers, demanding that companies cover their own electricity costs in full and giving local communities veto authority over projects.
Sources & Verified Statements
“Require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.”
“Brown has called to end the data center tax breaks and says that local communities should have a say on whether to allow data center construction. ... 'Ohioans shouldn't be forced to subsidize these costs and Ohioans — not Jon Husted and his billionaire friends — should get to decide if data centers are built in their community.'”