No project in Violet Township, but 12 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Trustees of Violet Township votes on zoning. Many Ohio townships have their own zoning. Where a township has none, the county decides.
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 11 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 13 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…
Being builtabout 14 miles awayCyrusOne data center on Jug Street Road (New Albany)
New Albany, Licking County
🕒 Sept 2025: CyrusOne held a groundbreaking.
Proposedabout 14 miles awayGoogle land on Harrison Road NW (New Albany)
New Albany, Licking County
85 acres · for Google
🕒 May 2025: A Google company bought about 85 acres for $63 million.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Violet Township. - Go to township 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 Violet Township: 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.