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Who works for whom? Ohio man’s podcast explores data centers, AI.

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Marty Schladen
Sep 03, 2026
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COLUMBUS — Data centers have emerged as a central battleground in the 2026 midterm elections. As they have, a Columbus man has spent many months traveling the country learning what the fuss is about: Complaints of noise and pollution, strain on the electricity grid, loss of local control to fabulously wealthy tech giants — and the possibility that a tri…

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Marty Schladen is a veteran journalist. Now working for the Ohio Capital Journal, he's worked for The Columbus Dispatch, the El Paso Times and several other newspapers.
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