No project in Prairie Township, but 6 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Trustees of Prairie Township votes on zoning. Many Ohio townships have their own zoning. Where a township has none, the county decides.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
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.
Proposedabout 8 miles awayRensch 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
Built & runningabout 11 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…
Proposedabout 11 miles awaySentinel data center campus near West Jefferson
Deer Creek, Madison County
79 acres
🕒 2026: West Jefferson Village Council approved a pre-annexation agreement with Sentinel Data Ce…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetabout 15 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 15 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
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Township trustees passed a six-month pause (moratorium) on new data centers. It is set to end in October 2026.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Prairie 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 Prairie Township: 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.