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Joe Brown Blames Husted for Ohio’s Data-Center Expansion

8/26/2026

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U.S. Senate candidate Joe Brown blames Ohio Senator Jon Husted for the state’s data-center expansion in his campaign ad.
Brown frames the data-center boom as an AI shift that threatens middle-class jobs.
Husted introduced legislation requiring companies to pay for their own power instead of shifting transmission costs to consumers.
The ad suggests the data-center surge concentrates power in the hands of tech oligarchs.

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U.S. Senate candidate Joe Brown blames Ohio Senator Jon Husted for the state’s data-center expansion in his campaign ad.
Brown frames the data-center boom as an AI shift that threatens middle-class jobs.
Husted introduced legislation requiring companies to pay for their own power instead of shifting transmission costs to consumers.
The ad suggests the data-center surge concentrates power in the hands of tech oligarchs.