mov climate corner ai data centers a dangerous plague

The proposed Ohio constitutional amendment would ban new data centers over 25 MW/month, directly impacting AI infrastructure buildout in the state. The mechanism is regulatory: a potential moratorium on large-scale data center construction. This creates uncertainty for data center operators (e.g., Microsoft, Palantir) and could shift investment to other states. The impact is region-specific (Ohio) but may signal broader regulatory trends. Affected products: data center services, AI compute capacity. Supply chain links: data center construction, energy grid capacity, cooling equipment. Scarcity risk is low for now, but if passed, it would restrict supply of new data center capacity in Ohio.