‘System is rigged’: Democrat Sherrod Brown puts datacenter danger at heart of populist Senate bid
Summary
Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, is running for the U.S. Senate again in the 2024 midterm elections. He focuses on issues around large datacenters being built in Ohio, which he says harm local communities by using land and water and increasing electricity prices. Brown blames the current Republican senator Jon Husted for supporting these datacenters and ties this issue to broader concerns about affordability and government policies.Key Facts
- Sherrod Brown is a former Ohio senator running again for the Senate in 2024.
- Brown criticizes large datacenters being built in Ohio for using farmland, water, and raising electricity costs.
- He says people often don’t know about these datacenters until they appear near their homes.
- Brown accuses Senator Jon Husted of promoting datacenter development while he was lieutenant governor.
- Ohio gave $2.5 billion in tax breaks to datacenter companies from 2017 to 2024.
- Brown connects the datacenter issue to bigger problems like high prices and health care costs.
- Democrats need to win seats in states like Ohio, which voted strongly for President Trump in 2024, to retake the Senate.
- The Senate seat at stake was vacated by JD Vance, who became Vice President, and Husted was appointed to it in 2025.
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