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Amazon builds powerful data center in Ohio, sparks local resistance

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Amazon is constructing a large data center in Appalachian Ohio, reportedly one of the most powerful in the state. The facility is being built at the former JM Stuart Station coal power plant site on the Ohio River. Despite the significant infrastructure, the project is expected to create only 30 permanent jobs, leading to local resistance from residents. AI

IMPACT This data center construction may support future AI development and deployment in the region.

RANK_REASON The item discusses the construction of a data center, which is infrastructure related to AI, but not a core AI release or research.

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Amazon builds powerful data center in Ohio, sparks local resistance

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    @ tim Amazon just came to my very small town in # AppalachianOhio where they are building what is claimed to be one of the most powerful data centers in Ohio on

    @ tim Amazon just came to my very small town in # AppalachianOhio where they are building what is claimed to be one of the most powerful data centers in Ohio on the Ohio River at the shuttered JM Stuart Station coal power plant . The amount of generators they say the are going to…

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