Amazon Web Services Sparks Hilliard Voter Backlash Over 1 Data Center Near School
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Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 7
Amazon Web Services Sparks Hilliard Voter Backlash Over 1 Data Center Near School
1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 7
Summary
Hilliard mothers Annette Singh and Annie Cannelongo say an Amazon Web Services data center built beside a playground near an elementary school has become their top issue ahead of November voting.
AWS broke ground on a site stretching from the park used by Singh’s child, replacing trees and farmland and exposing nearby homes to more highway noise, they said.
Their anger highlights a broader political strain: voters are pushing back against fast-growing data center projects even as most politicians stop short of calling for outright bans.
In a midterm battleground like Hilliard, that local fight shows how data center expansion is turning from a zoning dispute into a live election issue.