The editorial board roundtable discusses the growing backlash against data centers, particularly in rural Ohio, as grass-roots Ohioans are pushing back against increasing property-tax burdens and the proliferation of electricity- and water-hungry data centers in rural areas. In Adams and Brown counties, residents gathered about 1,800 signatures in eight days to support a constitutional amendment to ban data centers that consume 25 megawatts of electricity or more, most of them. The Ohio Attorney General’s office certified the petition and the Ohio Ballot Board signed off so signature-gathering could begin statewide. Critics argue that data centers use too much water and electricity, while proponents argue they create more union construction jobs. The state legislature has set up a study commission on data centers and moved to ban nondisclosure economic deals with local officials. The Editorial Board Roundtable suggests that while data centers may be necessary, they also pose real harm to Ohio's natural resource, Lake Erie. They urge the state to stop giving millions in tax abatements to data center projects and consider clawing back incentives already granted.