BusinessTuesday, November 10
A new Valley coalition with 29 backers is pushing for data centers
The Daily Youngstown team
If you've followed the data center debate, here's the new player. The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and the Western Reserve Building Trades announced the Mahoning Valley Coalition for a 21st Century Economy Monday at a news conference in Boardman.
29entities backing the coalition
They range from Youngstown State University and Brilex Industries to the Cafaro Company and SoftBank Group.
Source: Tribune Chronicle
It arrives as moratoriums are in place in Niles, Girard, Warren, Boardman and other communities, and Hubbard voters banned data centers in last week's election. The chamber is looking at McDonald and Weathersfield, which both have moratoriums.
“Come to mutual agreements without moratoriums.”
- Timeframe for development: none set
- Next step: more talks with community members
- Hynes hiring fair: Tuesday, 1 to 7 p.m., Hendrick Road
Hynes Industries is the local example. CEO Rick Organ says data center parts are about 40% of its sales, and the company is hiring up to 50 people after investing well over $30 million in two years.
Sources: Tribune Chronicle, WKBN.com, WFMJ