Ohioans In Ironton Rally Against Jon Husted For Bringing Hundreds of Data Centers to Ohio
October 1, 2026
Husted described as the “face of data centers” in Ohio
IRONTON, OHIO — This week, Ironton City Councilman Jacob Hock and Ohioans facing skyrocketing electric bills rallied against Jon Husted for his record of bringing hundreds of data centers to Ohio while local communities were left with the bill.
Jon Husted blames Ohioans for data centers, telling listeners in a recent interview that “we are the problem.” While Husted blames families and local communities, Ohio electric bills are now projected to be over $800 for the summer — a massive increase — and Google is building a massive data center in Scioto County.
“Ohio families are getting crushed by their electric bills, and I know whose record got us here. Jon Husted rolled out the red carpet for the richest companies in the world, and gave them sweetheart tax deals with fast track tax approvals. This isn’t complicated. Husted can try to rewrite his record now, but Ohioans know who cut those deals, and they’ll remember in November,” said Ironton City Councilman Jacob Hock.
“Jon Husted led the rush to give tech companies a $2.5 billion tax cut to build data centers by these large corporations. And what did Ohioans get for $2.5 billion in tax cuts? They got skyrocketing energy costs. Every time when people sit down at their kitchen table to pay their electric bill at the end of every month, they have Senator Jon Husted to thank,” said Ironton resident Bob McCollister.
Read more about how Jon Husted led the charge to bring data centers to Ohio:
- Jon Husted played such a large role in bringing data centers to Ohio, the editor of Cleveland.com referred to Husted as “the face of data centers.”
- When he was Lt. Governor, Husted led the charge to give billions in out-of-control tax breaks to out-of-state corporations building data centers in Ohio.
- Because of Husted’s efforts, Ohioans have seen their utility bills skyrocket, with Ohio seeing the second largest utility rate increase in the country over the last year.
- According to the Plain Dealer, Husted was “a data center’s best friend” and “spent years rolling out the red carpet” for these massive corporations to come to Ohio.
- Husted said in a recent interview that Ohioans need to “look in the mirror” when deciding who to blame for data centers, claiming that “we are the problem.”
- Husted is now scrambling to cover up his record and pretend he cares about protecting families from higher utility bills after he handed out billions in tax breaks to attract data centers to Ohio.
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