No project in Pickerington City, but 11 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Pickerington City votes on zoning. The Fairfield County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Aligned Data Centers plan in Pataskala Corporate Park
Pataskala, Licking County
89 acres
🕒 Aug 25, 2026: City council voted 7-0 to reject the site plan, citing missing power details.
Proposedabout 10 miles awayMicrosoft land on Refugee Road (Pataskala)
Pataskala, Licking County
for Microsoft
🕒 Aug 25, 2026: Local reporting described a Microsoft data center as proposed for the Refugee Road site.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 12 miles awayVantage Data Centers campus and Fairfield Energy Center (Millersport)
Millersport, Fairfield County
350 acres
🕒 Aug 17, 2026: Ohio Power Siting Board public hearing on the Fairfield Energy Center at Millersport Jun…
Built & runningabout 12 miles awayGoogle data center off Whiley Road (Lancaster)
Lancaster, Fairfield County
for Google
🕒 May 3, 2023: Google formally broke ground on its Lancaster and south Columbus data centers, part of a…
Built & runningabout 13 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…
Built & runningabout 14 miles awayAWS $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.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Pickerington 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 Pickerington City: South Central Power Company (co-op (owned by its members)) or City of Columbus (run by the town) or Ohio Power 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.