Lake & Geauga County OH Citizens for Responsible Development

Lake & Geauga County OH Citizens for Responsible Development This is a facebook group for us to organize, and get signatures to constitutionally ban large data centers in Ohio.

We are working as a Lake & Geauga County centered group to organize for the Ohio Residents for Responsible Development.

We will not be able to make the Cruise into Summer event today! Our volunteer got stuck at work later than expected, we ...
06/04/2026

We will not be able to make the Cruise into Summer event today! Our volunteer got stuck at work later than expected, we are so sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Add Madison Township to the list. On May 28, the trustees voted unanimously for a 12 month ban on new data centers while...
06/03/2026

Add Madison Township to the list. On May 28, the trustees voted unanimously for a 12 month ban on new data centers while they study whether to limit or block them for good. Trustee Thomas Sill said the cons far outweigh the pros so far.

This is Lake County. This is right next door to the Perry Village fight, where a proposed data center already triggered heavy public opposition. Township by township, Ohioans keep looking at what these things actually cost a community in power, water, and noise, and keep saying no.

Around 18 Ohio communities have now moved on moratoriums. The industry calls it inevitable. The people who live here keep voting otherwise.

🥳 Pop up signing event for the data center ban in Ohio at Mentor Library today until 7pm 🥳
06/02/2026

🥳 Pop up signing event for the data center ban in Ohio at Mentor Library today until 7pm 🥳

This week’s petition signing events!! Which one will we see you at? 🚫
06/01/2026

This week’s petition signing events!! Which one will we see you at? 🚫

FARMS FEED US, DATA CENTERS BLEED US.We held this message across the street from where the developer, State Representati...
05/29/2026

FARMS FEED US, DATA CENTERS BLEED US.

We held this message across the street from where the developer, State Representative Heidi Workman, Portage County Commissioners, and Team NEO ran their "open house" to try to sell the idea of a hyperscale data center to the local residents. Residents went in. They came out unimpressed. Everyone else stood outside. We collected petition signatures from cars driving by.

Here's what's confirmed, on camera, by Bitdeer's own executive Paul Hanson on News 5:

Geis Companies has a deal to sell Bitdeer 257 acres for a data center campus. Three buildings to start, growing to 15 over five years. 150 megawatts of power at the start, and possibly 600 more megawatts over time. Bitdeer says it's for AI.

Bitdeer is a global cryptocurrency mining company. Their other Northeast Ohio site, in Massillon, is 26 buildings of crypto mining, set to finish this year.

Trustee Ron Kukowski said on camera what's really at stake: constituents shouldn't have to pay for the infrastructure upgrades a project like this would require. Shalersville's data center moratorium runs through November. Until then is the window.

In Mansfield, Georgia, a Meta data center drove water usage up by 200 million gallons a year. Nearby residents reported contaminated wells and 24/7 noise pollution from cooling fans. In Bessemer, Alabama, a single hyperscale project would require one-third of the local utility's total water supply. A study from Arizona State University found that data centers can raise air temperatures in surrounding neighborhoods by up to 4 degrees Fahrenheit. A separate Cambridge preprint study estimated heat-island effects can extend up to 6 miles from a facility. Cooling systems use biocides and chemicals that have polluted water in communities across the country. We don't have all the details of this particular proposed data center, but the patterns are consistent: a careless disregard for the neighbors and the environment.

None of this is hypothetical. It's documented. It's happening now to people whose elected officials promised them the same things Bitdeer is promising us.

It's not just here, either. A Gallup poll released two weeks ago found 70 percent of Americans oppose a data center being built near them, with 48 percent strongly opposed. More Americans would rather live next to a nuclear power plant than a data center.

The next public meeting is Tuesday, June 16, 5:30 PM, at Shalersville Village Hall. Mark your calendars.

🚨🚨 WE HAVE TWO PERRY POP UP SIGNING EVENTS 🚨🚨 🫟 Perry Library - 3735 Main St - 2-4pm Friday🫟 Rideouts IGA - 2736 North R...
05/28/2026

🚨🚨 WE HAVE TWO PERRY POP UP SIGNING EVENTS 🚨🚨

🫟 Perry Library - 3735 Main St - 2-4pm Friday

🫟 Rideouts IGA - 2736 North Ridge Road, Painesville - 10-2pm - Saturday

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