COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two development companies have filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court, challenging the Village of Lordstown’s recent vote to ban data centers within its limits.

The petition, filed Wednesday, asks the state’s top court to step in and order the village to reverse the ban. Bristolville 25 Developer LLC and BHGH Properties LLC are requesting that the court schedule an oral argument to present their case in person to the justices.

According to the Ohio Secretary of State, BHGH as an Ohio company with registered agent Gerald Henn at 1001 Country Way, Warren, which owns the site of the proposed data center at the northwest corner of State Route 45 and Reuther Drive SW.

The legal action stems from a Nov. 4 vote by the Lordstown Village Council, which passed the ban on data

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