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Save Piqua circulating referendum petition to stop data center
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Fusion42 · 31 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
The Piqua City Commission approved a 30-year franchise agreement allowing AES Ohio to build and operate utility facilities for Meta's proposed hyperscale data center despite public opposition. A citizen group 'Save Piqua' is now collecting referendum signatures to suspend the ordinance and potentially vote to stop the data center project.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Telecom & Connectivity.
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Local residents in Piqua may overturn a utility franchise enabling Meta's data center through a referendum, alerting founders in utility infrastructure and data center services to a pause in project certainty and potential delays. You should prepare for local political risk affecting long-term utility partnerships in US mid-sized cities.
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