{"id":204025,"date":"2026-03-21T00:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204025"},"modified":"2026-03-21T00:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:44:41","slug":"data-centers-to-ease-tax-burden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/03\/21\/data-centers-to-ease-tax-burden\/","title":{"rendered":"Data centers to ease tax burden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>To the Editor,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent news regarding Google\u2019s $500 million investment in Lima (\u201cGoogle officially behind data center project,\u201d March 16) is a landmark moment for northwest Ohio. As we watch our neighbors secure this project, Van Wert is doing more than just &#8220;exploring&#8221; the field &#8212; we are actively preparing to lead it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Large-scale developments naturally spark skepticism. In Van Wert, we view concerns regarding water and the electric grid not as obstacles, but as a roadmap for smarter planning. These projects are catalysts that fund the very infrastructure \u2013 roads, water, and sewer \u2013 that benefits every resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a unique advantage: the technology making data centers sustainable is being built right here. Danfoss, a Van Wert staple, holds the patents for the closed-loop cooling equipment that ensures water sustainability. Their recent addition of 50 jobs to meet this demand proves that local manufacturing can, and will, build the backbone of the 21st-century economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 250 high-salary positions and $200 million in tax revenue projected over 15 years, our proposed data center isn&#8217;t just a tech project\u2014it\u2019s a long-term strategy to fund our schools and ease the tax burden on our citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brent Stevens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Executive Director, Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Editor, The recent news regarding Google\u2019s $500 million investment in Lima (\u201cGoogle officially behind data center project,\u201d March 16) is a landmark moment for northwest Ohio. As we watch our neighbors secure this project, Van Wert is doing more than just &#8220;exploring&#8221; the field &#8212; we are actively preparing to lead it. Large-scale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 08:20:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204026,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204025\/revisions\/204026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}