Perry Village data center

Commissioner Plecnik thanked local leaders pushing back on data centers and proposed the county consider a resolution encouraging its 23 municipalities to pass data center moratoria like Eastlake, Painesville Township, and Timberlake, warning against state efforts to preempt local zoning.

The mayor of Timberlake detailed concerns about the data center's power draw, saying Meta's deal with the Perry nuclear plant would reserve roughly a gigawatt, that Ohio is a net power importer, and that 'forever chemicals' from cooling systems would pass through treatment plants into Lake Erie.

Commissioner McIntosh, who lives in Perry Village, said he's against the project at this location — it sits next to homes and soccer fields — and called the abatement 'laughable,' noting the developer has offered nothing to the schools and the deal structure keeps key details unknown.