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Microsoft cancels $1bn data center planned in Ohio, suggests they use land for farms
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Microsoft cancels $1bn data center planned in Ohio, suggests they use land for farms

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Apr 09, 2025
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A bridge in Licking County, Ohio. Ralf Broskvar/Shutterstock.

Licking County, Ohio, close to Columbus, was the site Microsoft chose to build a billion-dollar networks of data centers. Those plans will not move forward, the company now reports. The two unmentioned elephants in the room (or perhaps in the charming covered bridge) would be the tariffs, obvi…

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