No project in Mechanicsburg Village, but 3 nearby
Who decides here: the Village Board of Mechanicsburg Village votes on zoning. The Champaign County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Urbana Technology Hub (Thor Equities data center)
Urbana, Champaign County
🕒 July 15, 2026: A resident turned in petitions for a city charter change to ban very large data centers.
Proposedabout 12 miles awaySentinel data center campus near West Jefferson
Deer Creek, Madison County
79 acres
🕒 2026: West Jefferson Village Council approved a pre-annexation agreement with Sentinel Data Ce…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 15 miles awayAmazon (AWS) data center in Marysville Innovation Park
Marysville, Union County
for Amazon
🕒 March 11, 2025: Amazon Web Services announced a $1 billion data center in Marysville, to open in 2027.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Mechanicsburg Village. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Mechanicsburg Village: Dayton Power & Light Co. (company) or Pioneer Rural Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Ohio.