No project in Whitehall City, but 11 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Whitehall City votes on zoning. The Franklin County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
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…
Stopped or cancelledabout 9 miles awayAligned 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
Built & runningabout 11 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.
Being builtabout 11 miles awayCyrusOne data center on Jug Street Road (New Albany)
New Albany, Licking County
🕒 Sept 2025: CyrusOne held a groundbreaking.
Being builtabout 11 miles awayMeta 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.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Whitehall 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 Whitehall 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.