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Residents urge Twinsburg council to ban data centers, ask for standalone ordinance and charter change
Summary
Speakers at the Twinsburg City Council meeting urged elected officials to prohibit data centers outright — not merely pause permitting — asking for a standalone ordinance or charter amendment and a direct public vote. Council asked staff for more information but took no immediate legislative action.
Laurie Fasina, of 2950 Cannon, and other residents pressed the Twinsburg City Council during public comment to act decisively to prevent data centers from locating in town, saying a moratorium is only a delay and urging a standalone ordinance or charter prohibition so residents can vote the issue directly.
Fasina told council that the new zoning map’s purple “innovation and manufacturing” designation could allow data centers across large swaths of the city, including on Old Mill Road, and warned of potential threats to a local aquifer beneath that contested property. “This is an existential crisis in our community if we do not treat this with the…
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