LORDSTOWN, Ohio - LORDSTOWN, OH - Lordstown Village Council met Monday night to hold its third and final reading on legislation that would ban data centers in the village.

Over 100 members of the community and residents of Lordstown were in attendance at the reading, where council unanimously passed the ban with a vote of six to zero.

During the reading, residents were able to share concerns with the village council and explain why they believe data centers should be banned.

Some of the issues community members had with proposed data centers are the potential noise pollution and tax abatements issues.

Furthermore, some community members are "tired of the village being the 'sacrificial lamb' of the Mahoning Valley."

The Bristolville 25 Developer LLC lawyer, Cary Snyder, was in atten

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