Ohio Supreme Court allows Ashville referendum against data center project to move forward

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that local governments cannot fast-track new data centers without providing specific reasons for the emergency declaration. This decision allows an Ashville referendum, which seeks to overturn a village council's approval of a local data center project and natural gas plant, to move forward to the ballot. The ruling stated that the village resolution did not sufficiently explain why waiting 30 days would unnecessarily delay the project.