A hidden solution to Ohio’s data center dilemma

Tim Ryan•Shawn Cutter•February 2026

EA Take

This op-ed lays out the core EnergiAcres thesis: data centers don’t have to be extractive. By co-locating compute with agriculture, Ohio can turn an infrastructure liability into a community asset.

Powering AI and Growing Food: How EnergiAcres is Rewriting the Energy Playbook

Shawn Cutter joins Carrie Charles on Broadstaff’s Let’s Get Digital to discuss circular-economy AI infrastructure.

Like the discovery of fire: Can Florida handle AI’s massive energy demand?

Tampa Bay 28 explores whether Florida’s grid can keep up with the explosive energy demands of AI infrastructure.

Rainwater could help satisfy AI’s water demands

Justin Talbot Zorn and Bettina Warburg explore how rainwater harvesting can address data centers’ growing water needs.

Data centers use massive energy and water. Here’s how to build them better

The race to build AI infrastructure is draining power grids and water supplies. But with the right innovation, tomorrow’s data centers could clean the air, grow food, and power entire communities.

Ohio can solve the electric grid’s biggest problem, and grow food while doing it

In April, researchers at the International Energy Agency projected that electricity consumption from data centers that power AI and cloud computing will more than double by 2030.

Data centers can stack sustainability, energy innovations

Data center developers should seize opportunities to benefit communities and the environment, write a former Ohio member of Congress and a sixth-generation farmer.

America Should Harvest a Trillion Gallons of Rainwater

Justin Talbot Zorn argues that America is leaving a trillion gallons of free water on the table every year.