Sunbury Residents to Vote on Hyperscale Data Center Ban Affecting Planned Amazon Project
Sunbury residents will vote in one week on a proposed ban on hyperscale data centers using more than 25 megawatts of power. The vote could stop a planned Amazon data center because the company and the city have not yet approved a development agreement.
Sunbury, Ohio, residents are set to vote on a measure that would ban hyperscale data centers using more than 25 megawatts of power. The proposal puts Amazon's plans for a data center in the city in question, although the project has not advanced to a development agreement with Sunbury officials.
The city did not respond to questions about how the measure could affect the project, while an Amazon spokesperson said the company did not know what the impact would be. A Sunbury resident involved in the ban effort said the project is not far enough along to be protected from the proposed restriction and believes approval of the ban would stop it.