{"id":5402,"date":"2026-10-05T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbusconstruction.org\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T18:47:00","slug":"hager-on-awf-central-ohio-data-centers-hondas-next-move-and-the-gas-tax-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbusconstruction.org\/es\/hager-on-awf-central-ohio-data-centers-hondas-next-move-and-the-gas-tax-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Hager en AWF: Centros de datos en el centro de Ohio, el pr\u00f3ximo movimiento de Honda y el per\u00edodo de gracia para el impuesto a la gasolina."},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus\/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, joined the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/awf.labortools.com\/listen\/c\/cobctcs-dorsey-hager-on-data-centers-honda-and-ohios-gas-tax?hsLang=en\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America\u2019s Work Force Union Podcast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Las Vegas, where he was attending the Yotta Conference, a national gathering focused on data centers, AI infrastructure, hyperscale energy and behind-the-meter power generation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He shared what developers and contractors at the event are saying about Ohio and laid out the record workload Central Ohio\u2019s building trades are carrying. Hager also responded to reports that Honda may build a new plant in Union County. He also explained why he believes suspending Ohio\u2019s gas tax is the wrong move for a region expected to double in size by 2050.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ohio draws attention at a fast-growing data center conference<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yotta-event.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yotta Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has expanded quickly in its four years. Attendance started at 1,500, climbed to 3,000 last year, which was enough to outgrow its venue, and reached roughly 6,500 at Caesars Forum this year. Organizers are moving the event to a larger site next year and expect the crowd to keep growing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Hager, the conference has been a chance to meet face-to-face with the companies shaping the industry: hyperscalers, developers, builders, behind-the-meter energy providers and multinational general contractors. Some, including Kiewit, Bechtel and Turner, already have work in Columbus and Central Ohio. Others have no presence in Ohio yet, but are monitoring the Buckeye State. Several have asked Hager for one-on-one meetings about the local labor climate, the size of the skilled workforce and what the Central Ohio building trades can deliver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few topics came up repeatedly in those conversations: community pushback against data centers, the case for developers to talk openly with residents early rather than show up with non-disclosure agreements, the national shortage of skilled craft workers, and the influence elected officials have over whether projects move forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What communities gain when they say \u201cYes\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hager pointed to two places where data centers have paid off for residents. In Louisiana, a data center has committed $50,000 toward the salary of every teacher in the local school district. In Northern Virginia, Loudoun County hosts a higher density of data centers than any other jurisdiction in the country and collects about $1.2 billion a year in related tax revenue. That money has paid for new roads, bridges, water systems, schools, pools and parks. Hager said residents who once opposed the facilities came to support them after seeing what the revenue built.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who should pay for grid upgrades?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hager pushed back on the argument that data centers are the reason household electric bills are climbing, stating the factual support for that claim is thin. Utilities are upgrading the grid to handle new demand and passing part of that cost to customers, but he said the deeper problem is decades of underinvestment. Companies in Ohio have shut down power plants without building replacements, and grid capacity has not kept up with population growth, especially in Central Ohio. Add rising fuel costs to those existing gaps, and every bill goes up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His solution is for developers to cover the costs of grid improvements their projects require, rather than shifting that burden onto ratepayers. Hager cited Google\u2019s data center project in Scioto County as an example of doing it right. Since Google has committed to keeping the grid reliable, the summer brownouts the county has dealt with should end once the facility comes online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hager also expects battery storage to become a bigger part of the discussion in the months ahead. Storing surplus electricity and drawing on it during peak demand would reduce the time behind-the-meter gas turbines need to run, lowering both fuel use and emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Central Ohio building trades on track for a record year<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten years ago, Central Ohio\u2019s union tradespeople logged 4 million work hours. Three years ago, the total reached 10 million. This year, the trades are on pace to surpass 20 million hours, setting a new record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google is a big part of that story. Its three Columbus-area campuses generated 6.5 million hours of new construction and maintenance work last year and employed about 4,000 area building trades members at wages and benefits that support their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even so, Hager said the trades cannot let data centers overshadow their other markets. Roughly $2 billion in healthcare construction is underway across Columbus, from $30 million clinic expansions to a $780 million hospital project. The Ohio State University, state government facilities, commercial projects and public schools continue to provide significant work, and Hager said keeping those long-standing relationships strong during the data center surge is a priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honda reports put Union County in the spotlight<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in Las Vegas, Hager read reports that Honda is considering building a new car plant in Union County. The Japanese media outlet Nikkei broke the news, which was then picked up by The Columbus Dispatch and the Associated Press. Hager, who lives in Marysville, Honda\u2019s Ohio home, stressed that nothing has been confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The building trades and Honda have worked together for more than 50 years. Members recently completed the L-H Battery Plant, and talks are underway for a Project Labor Agreement covering $300 million in upgrades to the facility. Hager said Honda has turned to PLAs for its large-scale projects because it knows union craftworkers build safely, on time and under budget. His first priority after returning home is to meet with Honda officials, learn more about their plans and ensure the building trades remain their partner.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A growing region needs more infrastructure investment, not less<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Columbus is projected to double in population by 2050, and Union and Delaware counties, just north of Franklin County, consistently rank among the 10 fastest-growing U.S. counties per capita. Hager said the building trades are adding members in every craft to meet demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growth on that scale also requires sustained city and state spending on roads, bridges and highways. In Hager\u2019s view, Ohio\u2019s transportation budget should grow alongside the population rather than shrink, and the members who build that infrastructure have a direct stake in the outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Hager calls the gas tax suspension bad policy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposal to suspend Ohio\u2019s gas tax was announced at a press conference held by the Speaker of the Ohio House and the Ramaswamy campaign. Gov. Mike DeWine estimated the move would pull about $750 million from the state transportation budget, but he has since signed the bill, putting an immediate 90-day suspension into effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hager called it a bad policy. With Columbus growing rapidly, the electrical grid needing major investment and roads and bridges struggling to keep pace, he said that giving up $750 million in infrastructure funding for pennies-per-gallon savings is the wrong trade-off, and the lost investment could affect projects and jobs for years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also described the proposal as a political reaction to a tight governor\u2019s race. A recent Marist poll of likely voters found Democrat Dr. Amy Acton leading Republican Vivek Ramaswamy by 6 points, even though Ramaswamy\u2019s campaign has outspent Acton by roughly 6 to 1. Hager added that President Trump\u2019s approval rating, which he put at about 32 percent, has complicated the Republican path in Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/columbusconstruction.org\/awf-audio-clips-2026\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to the entire interview for more on these topics.<\/span><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorsey Hager talks about Central Ohio data centers, a possible Honda plant and Ohio&#8217;s gas tax suspension on 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