No project in Powell City, but 7 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Powell City votes on zoning. The Delaware County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Cologix COL5 data center (Lewis Center)
Orange, Delaware County
28 acres · for Cologix (rents space to many customers)
🕒 June 1, 2026: Cologix announced over $1.1 billion for two new central Ohio campuses, one in Orange Tow…
Approved, not built yetabout 8 miles awayTwo data center campuses next to AWS on Industrial Parkway and Warner Road (Jerome Township)
Jerome, Union County
215 acres
🕒 Dec 2025: Jerome Township issued two zoning certificates for data centers tied to the Thomas and S…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 9 miles awayAmazon (AWS) data center campuses in Jerome Township (Warner Road and Industrial Parkway)
Jerome, Union County
for Amazon
🕒 2025: Filings for nearby projects noted Amazon's two Jerome Township campuses, each with four …
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 10 miles awayAmazon Hilliard data center campus (Scioto Darby Road)
Hilliard, Franklin County
142 acres · for Amazon (AWS)
🕒 Nov 7, 2025: Hilliard filed its appeal with the Environmental Review Appeals Commission.
Stopped or cancelledabout 12 miles awayAmazon (AWS) data center campus in Sunbury Business and Technology Park
Sunbury, Delaware County
for Amazon
🕒 June 2026: Residents began collecting signatures for a charter change to ban data centers over 25 m…
Built & runningabout 14 miles awayGoogle Columbus data center campus (South High Street)
Columbus, Franklin County
for Google
🕒 2026: A fourth Google building on the Columbus campus started running, per the Cleanview track…
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Powell City. - 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 Powell City: Ohio Power Co. (company) or City of Columbus (run by the town).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Ohio.