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1 data center project in Columbus City

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

In Columbus City

Built & running

Google 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…

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Proposedabout 9 miles away

Rensch Road data center campus (Grove City area)

Grove City, Franklin County

310 acres

🕒 June 1, 2026: Grove City Council voted 6-1 for a 12-month pause on data center approvals.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Being builtabout 10 miles away

Amazon 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.

Being builtabout 13 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…

Stopped or cancelledabout 14 miles away

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.

Built & runningabout 14 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.

Being builtabout 15 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.

Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Columbus 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.

🙋 Open tasks here

How many buildings and megawatts will the full campus have?
How much water does it use each day?

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