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🌱 Pataskala voters back limits on large data centers

Pataskala, Ohio Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Pataskala voters back limits on large data centers
  • Pataskala toy drive helps veterans’ families prepare for the holidays

Also on today's calendar: Family Ministry Night and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Intervals of bright sunshine, with a high of 62 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers, temps: high: 49, low: 35.
  • Friday: Cloudy and cold with a shower, with a high of 40 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• November election voter turnout around 50%, voters make their voices heard on data centers (yourradioplace.com) — Pataskala voters approved a ban on data centers needing more than 25 megawatts of power, with 74% supporting the restriction, according to unofficial results. Granville approved a similar ban with 82% support, part of a broader wave of Ohio ballot measures limiting data center development.
   

• Holiday shopping, free Thanksgiving dinner and toy drive planned in Licking, Knox counties (mountvernonnews.com) — Pataskala residents can donate new, unwrapped toys for Licking County veterans’ families through Dec. 8 at Patriot Asset Advisors, 7889 E. Broad St. SW. The countywide drive will deliver donations to the Veterans Service Office for distribution, with additional collection sites in Newark.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Critics say Ohio EPA ‘stretching the rules' in permitting data-center power plants less efficient and more polluting than ‘best available technology' (thereportingproject.org)
  • These central Ohio football players had top second-round playoff games (dispatch.com)
  • LEAP, Colorado firm revoke plans for $10 billion data center in Holt (lansingstatejournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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