1 data center project in Orange Township
Who decides here: the Township Trustees of Orange Township votes on zoning. Many Ohio townships have their own zoning. Where a township has none, the county decides.
In Orange Township
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Amazon (AWS) data center campus in Sunbury Business and Technology Park
Sunbury, Delaware County
for Amazon
π June 2026: Residents began collecting signatures for a charter change to ban data centers over 25 mβ¦
Approved, not built yetabout 13 miles awayTwo data center campuses next to AWS on Industrial Parkway and Warner Road (Jerome Township)
Jerome, Union County
215 acres
π Dec 2025: Jerome Township issued two zoning certificates for data centers tied to the Thomas and Sβ¦
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 13 miles awayAmazon Hilliard data center campus (Scioto Darby Road)
Hilliard, Franklin County
142 acres Β· for Amazon (AWS)
π Nov 7, 2025: Hilliard filed its appeal with the Environmental Review Appeals Commission.
Built & runningabout 13 miles awayGoogle Columbus data center campus (South High Street)
Columbus, Franklin County
for Google
π 2026: A fourth Google building on the Columbus campus started running, per the Cleanview trackβ¦
Being builtabout 13 miles awayAmazon (AWS) data center campuses in Jerome Township (Warner Road and Industrial Parkway)
Jerome, Union County
for Amazon
π 2025: Filings for nearby projects noted Amazon's two Jerome Township campuses, each with four β¦
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 14 miles awayMeta data center campus expansion (New Albany, 'Prometheus')
New Albany, Licking County
574 acres Β· for Meta
π Aug 2026: The 200 MW 'Socrates South' gas plant near Beech and Morse roads began running.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Orange Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
π Get told first
β‘ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Orange Township: Ohio Power Co. (company) or City of Columbus (run by the town) or Ohio Edison Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Ohio.
π Open tasks here
- What tax breaks did the project get?
- How much water and power will it use?