When the Cuyahoga River caught fire, we didn’t ban industrial progress. We pioneered the solution.

People, given the chance, usually develop workable solutions. Cleveland looked at a burning river and crossed all the way to Washington. We can cross the data centers' street, too, if we keep our eyes open, both ways, before we step off the curb, writes guest columnist Derek Bekeny, a Cleveland native and retired entrepreneur who maintains residences in California and Cleveland.