Vantage Data Centers
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Oct 15, 2026
Pippa StevensCORRESPONDENT
Now, ahead of this, data center backlash is really growing, but in local communities, the decision around these projects is often nuanced.
Pippa StevensCORRESPONDENT
So I'm here in Oregon, Ohio, where Vantage Data Centers wants to build a 500 megawatt facility in the fields behind me that right now is just open land.
Pippa StevensCORRESPONDENT
Now, this project was first proposed a few years ago, but local opposition has really taken off in the past few months thanks to a grassroots organization that was able to secure enou- enough signatures to bring a measure to the ballot that would limit the size of data centers in this area to 25 megawatts.
Pippa StevensCORRESPONDENT
Now, this Toledo suburb is a really interesting case because they are no stranger to large energy infrastructure.
Pippa StevensCORRESPONDENT
But it's a proposed data center that is now dividing this community of 20,000.
Pippa StevensCORRESPONDENT
Vantage Data Centers wants to develop this grassy land behind me into a 500 megawatt facility.
Pippa StevensCORRESPONDENT
Now, this also happens to be within Ohio's 9th Congressional District.
Pippa StevensCORRESPONDENT
This is a key toss-up rematch race between Democrat Marcy Kaptur and Republican Derek Marin that was decided two years ago by fewer than 2,400 votes.
Ken DrostNARRATOR
"It sounds like a jet engine," Pirio, who's age seventy-six, said.
Ken DrostNARRATOR
"Not a moment goes by when I don't think about it." Vantage Data Centers, which operates the VA2 facility, has said it built power plants on-site because it could not connect to the region's strained power grid.
Ken DrostNARRATOR
The data center was built by right without either board approval or community input, according to officials.
Ken DrostNARRATOR
Local council members said they were also notified when Vantage changed its site plans to include gas turbines.
Ken DrostNARRATOR
Not a moment goes by when I don't think about it.
Ken DrostNARRATOR
Vantage Data Centers, which operates the VA2 facility, has said it built power plants on-site because it could not connect to the region's strained power grid.
Ken DrostNARRATOR
The data center was built by right without either board approval or community input, according to officials.
Ken DrostNARRATOR
Local council members said they were also notified when Vantage changed its site plans
NinaHOST
4.2 miles.
NinaHOST
specifically to serve the Vantage Data Center development.
NinaHOST
The estimate cost, $11.4 million.
NinaHOST
And that will be your tax dollars, by the way.
Frank CurzioHOST
You have-- Listen to these companies.
Frank CurzioHOST
Amazon, AT&T, IBM, Taiwan Semi, J&J, AstraZeneca, Anthropic, Roche, Bristol Myers, GE Vernova, Vantage Data Centers, Hyundai, Eli Lilly, John Deere, Ford, GM, Kraft, dozens and dozens and more have all committed and said, "We're gonna be opening up new plants, new factories." And yet a lot of this stuff is just starting to get built, and this is gonna add, when you look at that cost, 20% on top of what they originally said that they were going to build, just because these costs have gone higher.
Frank CurzioHOST
And I don't know if you saw the news from today, which we're gonna see, I think, a lot of this news coming out.
Frank CurzioHOST
A lot of countries saying they're gonna build here.
Frank CurzioHOST
Listen to these companies.
Frank CurzioHOST
Amazon, AT&T, IBM, Taiwan Semi, J&J, AstraZeneca, Anthropic, Roche, Bristol-Myers, GE, Renault, Vantage Data Centers, Hyundai, Eli Lilly, John Deere, Ford, GM Craft, dozens and dozens of more have all committed and said, we're going to be opening up new plants, new factories, and yet...
Frank CurzioHOST
A lot of this stuff is just starting to get built.
Frank CurzioHOST
And this is going to add, when you look at that cost, 20% on top of what they originally said that they were going to build, just because these costs have gone higher.