Monroeville, Ohio, Weighs Proposed $1 Billion Decimal Digital Data Center
Monroeville residents are weighing a proposed $1 billion, 100-megawatt data center from Decimal Digital in the Fort Monroe Industrial Park. An advisory vote on Nov. 3 will ask whether the village should allow new data center projects, while an existing moratorium is scheduled to end in March.
Monroeville, in Huron County, is considering a proposed 100-megawatt data center that Decimal Digital CEO Roshan Shaw says would bring significant tax revenue to the community. The project would be built on industrially zoned farmland at the Fort Monroe Industrial Park, and the developer is seeking to distinguish it from a troubled cryptocurrency mining operation across the road.
Residents expressed mixed views at a community meeting, with some questioning the project's long-term impacts and accountability while others welcomed the potential economic benefits and construction work. Village voters are scheduled to participate in a Nov. 3 advisory vote on whether new data center projects should be allowed; Monroeville's existing moratorium is set to expire in March. Labor representative Jim Adams praised the scale of the construction opportunity, while Shaw urged residents to keep an open mind as the debate continues.