Microsoft Corp.’s decision to pause work on data centers in Ohio surprised local officials because the company had agreed to develop the sites as recently as two months before — suggesting a sudden ...

Microsoft didn’t say Wednesday what other projects it has slowed outside of Ohio, but in late December it revealed it was pausing the later phases of a large data center project in Wisconsin.

The city of Columbus itself is home to 23 data centers compared with Cleveland's 16 and Cincinnati's 13, data shows. With 179 data centers, Ohio has the fifth most of any state in the nation.

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Microsoft didn't say Wednesday what other projects it has slowed outside of Ohio, but in late December it revealed it was pausing the later phases of a large data center project in Wisconsin.

Microsoft didn’t say Wednesday what other projects it has slowed outside of Ohio, but in late December it revealed it was pausing the later phases of a large data center project in Wisconsin.