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1 data center project in Sunbury City

Who decides here: the City Council of Sunbury City votes on zoning. The Delaware County may review big projects too.

In Sunbury City

Stopped or cancelled

Amazon (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…

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Being builtabout 8 miles away

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…

Being builtabout 12 miles away

Cologix AI data center campus (Johnstown)

Johnstown, Licking County

154 acres

🕒 Sept 10, 2026: Johnstown City Council set a Jan. 5, 2027 special election on a charter ban of data cent…

Being builtabout 12 miles away

EdgeConneX data center campus on Innovation Campus Way (New Albany)

New Albany, Licking County

🕒 April 10, 2026: A case for a third, 430 MW gas plant was opened with the Power Siting Board.

Being builtabout 12 miles away

Meta data center campus expansion (New Albany, 'Prometheus')

New Albany, Licking County

574 acres · for Meta

🕒 Aug 2026: The 200 MW 'Socrates South' gas plant near Beech and Morse roads began running.

Being builtabout 13 miles away

Vantage Data Centers OH1 campus (New Albany)

New Albany, Licking County

70 acres

🕒 Oct 25, 2024: Vantage broke ground on its $2 billion, 192-megawatt OH1 campus.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Built & runningabout 13 miles away

AWS $3.5 billion data center campus (New Albany)

New Albany, Licking County

for Amazon Web Services

🕒 Aug 7, 2025: City and AWS said two buildings were finished and the rest were under construction.

Local votes and rules

🗳️ Public vote

Voters will decide a city charter change that would ban data centers that use more than 25 megawatts of power. Amazon Web Services announced plans for a data center in Sunbury in November 2024.

Nov 3, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

City council passed a pause (moratorium) on new data centers. It is set to end in January 2027.

April 2026Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

  1. Get told first.
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  2. Go to council meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Sunbury City: Ohio Power Co. (company) or Ohio Edison Co. (company) or City of Columbus (run by the town) or Consolidated Cooperative (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.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • Did the ban on data centers over 25 megawatts make the November 2026 ballot?
  • Is the city's tax deal with Amazon still in force during the moratorium?
  • How much water would the campus use, and from where?

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