In this newsletter
- Data center doubts in Trenton.
- How a Dayton organization wiped out millions in medical debt.
- Steps toward a new STEM center on Wright-Patterson.
Ohio House unanimously backs aviation resolution
What happened: Ohio lawmakers remain keen to remind federal decision-makers how important the Buckeye State is to the future of aviation.
The vote: Sponsored by dozens of lawmakers, the Ohio House passed the resolution Wednesday with 92 “yes” votes and no opposition.
- The Dayton-Springfield area has generated a growing share of attention in this arena.
Dayton initiative wipes out millions in medical debt
Dayton debtbusters: The Dayton Collaboratory and other organizations partnered with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to buy medical debt for a fraction of the original cost. Every $1 donated relieved about $178 in medical debt, according to the Dayton Collaboratory.
Work underway for new WPAFB STEM center
What you should know: The journey toward a new 90,750-square-foot STEM Talent Development Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has begun.
- “Ladies and gentlemen, that’s part of history,” Joe Sciabica said after an outgrant license was ceremonially signed this week at Pentagon Tower in Beavercreek, giving a new limited liability company five years of access to land on Wright-Patterson’s Area B, near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
Air Force tests multiple vendors for autonomous fighters
What you should know: In an ongoing project overseen from Wright-Patterson, the Air Force has picked the provider of autonomy software for an uncrewed fighter to be built near Columbus.
- The Air Force said two vendors, RTX Collins and Shield AI, have started semi-autonomous flight testing in partnership with General Atomics on that company’s YFQ-42 platform, and with Ohio’s Anduril on its YFQ-44.
Data center distress in Trenton
Credit: NIck Graham
Credit: NIck Graham
Five (count ‘em) Walmarts: When Angie Markham first heard that a data center was planned about half a mile from her home in Trenton, her first words to her husband were, “We’re going to have to move.”
- The plans call for a data center dubbed “Project Mila,” housed in buildings covering 893,034-square-feet on 141 aces. That’s the size of more than five Walmart supercenters.
Read the story (and see the videos).
Newsletter numbers
893,034: The space of a planned data center in Butler County in square-feet, on 141 aces. Read more.
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