AI & Data Centers: NVIDIA and OpenAI are backing a massive “AI factory” at SB Energy’s PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, with NVIDIA providing up to $105B in financing support and OpenAI taking a 20-year lease for compute power. Local Impact & Utilities: AEP Ohio and data center partners including Meta, QTS, Amazon, SoftBank Energy and Google pledged more than $18M to help households with electric bills, while Meta also committed $10M over five years to AEP’s Neighbor to Neighbor program. Public Safety Tech: Toledo City Council is set to vote on extending police gang-tracking software for three more years, and separately council members are weighing Flock license-plate cameras around schools amid privacy concerns. Severe Weather: The National Weather Service confirmed six tornadoes touched down across western and central Ohio on Aug. 11, with the strongest EF2 near Catawba. Workplace Tragedy: A Milford trench collapse killed one worker and injured two; federal investigators say required cave-in protections weren’t used, and prosecutors are reviewing possible charges. Education Policy: Ohio’s new chronic absenteeism rules count excused absences toward instructional time missed, and families are being warned that “excused” doesn’t mean “doesn’t add up.” Politics & Jobs: JD Vance is scheduled to visit Middletown for remarks at the Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant. Sports: Ohio State is No. 1 in the AP preseason poll, and Cleveland’s Guardians opened with an 8-1 win over San Francisco.