Public statement checked
Answer
Verdict on the wording above: Not independently verified A non-company party stated it; reviewed sources do not independently establish the proposition or outcome. Not a finding that it is false. How verdicts work →
- Who stated it
- Said by Ohio Consumers' Counsel · advocacy statement in Ohio Consumers' Counsel quick facts →
- What the evidence establishes
- Ohio Consumers' Counsel stated it. The reviewed sources do not independently establish the underlying proposition or outcome. Ohio's consumer advocate repeats a commercial-directory count. It is useful as a market signal, but the linked directory's counting unit, lifecycle scope and deduplication have not been reconciled here.
- Biggest limitation
- A statewide census with consistent record units, lifecycle rules, deduplication and a dated coverage audit.
- Checked
- 12 September 2026 · Next review: Reconcile OCC's current linked PDF and independently reconstruct the statewide denominator · History (2) →
Evidence
What the evidence supports
Ohio's consumer advocate repeats a commercial-directory count. It is useful as a market signal, but the linked directory's counting unit, lifecycle scope and deduplication have not been reconciled here. OCC's web page says more than 200; a retained PDF at its March-path URL says about 200, while the live page now links to a different May-path PDF that was not retrieved. DataCenterData does not adopt 200-plus as its own count.
Still unknown
A statewide census with consistent record units, lifecycle rules, deduplication and a dated coverage audit.
Sources
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Ohio Consumers' Counsel quick facts → Archived copy Gov. record
Exact location https://occ.ohio.gov/factsheet/quick-facts-data-centers-ohio
What it supports OCC web fact sheet repeats a commercial-directory count of more than 200.
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Data Centers in Ohio (OCC fact sheet PDF, March 2026) → Gov. record
Exact location 'Ohio has about 200 data centers, making it the fifth highest state in the country.'
What it supports OCC March 2026 PDF uses 'about 200', not 'more than 200'.
Corrections and history
Correction · 11 September 2026 · DataCenterData review
Record → Statewide count
Field Statewide count
From Ohio's consumer advocate repeats a commercial directory count. It is useful as a market signal, but the underlying unit can include buildings, suites and campuses and is not a state census. DataCenterData does not adopt 200+ as its own count.
To Added the wording difference between OCC's web fact sheet and its PDF fact sheet. Verdict unchanged.
Evidence https://occ.ohio.gov/factsheet/quick-facts-data-centers-ohio →
Correction · 12 September 2026 · Software-assisted second check
Record → Statewide count
Field Statewide count
From The directory denominator can include buildings, suites and campuses; March 2026 PDF
To The directory unit and deduplication are unreconciled; retained March-path PDF differs from the live page's current May-path target
Why The second review removed an unsupported description of the directory denominator and distinguished URL-path timing from publication date.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Review details
Scope
- Unit
- Statewide count
- Geography
- Ohio
- Period
- None recorded
- Confidence
- medium
- Kind
- Public statement checked
Conflicting evidence
None recorded when this claim was checked. That records what we logged, not a finding that no conflicting record exists.
Chronology
- Changed field recorded
- 2 sources retrieved
- Sources re-read (software-assisted second check, not an outside audit)
- Changed wording recorded
- Checked by DataCenterData
- Date not established Stated by Ohio Consumers' Counsel — statement date not established
- Date not established Next review: Reconcile OCC's current linked PDF and independently reconstruct the statewide denominator
Data
Suggest a correction
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