Projects
Cologix AI data center campus (Johnstown)
Johnstown, Licking County
154 acres
🕒 Sept 10, 2026: Johnstown City Council set a Jan. 5, 2027 special election on a charter ban of data cent…
ProposedKaris Critical 'Smart Farms' data center campus (Beech and Green Chapel roads)
New Albany, Licking County
114 acres
🕒 Jan 2026: Karis asked Ohio EPA for permission to fill wetlands and streams on the site.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtMicrosoft data center on Thornwood Drive (Heath)
Heath, Licking County
for Microsoft
🕒 Sept 2026: Heath officials rejected the petition, saying it lacked valid signatures; petitioners di…
Being builtMicrosoft data center (Hebron)
Hebron, Licking County
for Microsoft
🕒 Nov 13, 2025: Microsoft said site work had started in Hebron, with Ames Construction as general contra…
ProposedMicrosoft 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
Stopped or cancelledAligned 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.
Being builtVantage Data Centers OH1 campus (New Albany)
New Albany, Licking County
70 acres
🕒 Oct 25, 2024: Vantage broke ground on its $2 billion, 192-megawatt OH1 campus.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtEdgeConneX data center campus on Innovation Campus Way (New Albany)
New Albany, Licking County
🕒 April 10, 2026: A case for a third, 430 MW gas plant was opened with the Power Siting Board.
Being builtMeta 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 & runningAWS $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 builtCyrusOne data center on Jug Street Road (New Albany)
New Albany, Licking County
🕒 Sept 2025: CyrusOne held a groundbreaking.
ProposedGoogle 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.
Local votes and rules
🗳️ Public vote · Granville
Voters will decide a charter change that would ban data centers that use more than 25 megawatts of power.
🗳️ Public vote · Pataskala
Voters will decide a city charter change that would ban data centers that use more than 25 megawatts of power. City council had earlier rejected a data center proposal.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Buckeye Lake
Village council passed a one-year pause (moratorium) on new data centers. It is set to end in July 2027.
🚫 Ban · St. Albans
Township trustees passed a zoning change that in effect bans data centers. News reports called it the first ban in Licking County.
Find your town
In Ohio, your township, village or city usually decides where data centers can go.
- Alexandria Village
- Bennington Township
- Bowling Green Township
- Buckeye Lake Village
- Burlington Township
- Eden Township
- Etna Township
- Fallsbury Township
- Franklin Township
- Granville Township
- Granville Village
- Gratiot Village
- Hanover Township
- Hanover Village
- Harrison Township
- Hartford (Croton) Village
- Hartford Township
- Heath City
- Hebron Village
- Hopewell Township
- Jersey Township
- Johnstown City
- Kirkersville Village
- Liberty Township
- Licking Township
- Madison Township
- Mary Ann Township
- McKean Township
- Monroe Township
- New Albany City
- Newark City
- Newark Township
- Newton Township
- Pataskala City
- Perry Township
- Reynoldsburg City
- St. Albans Township
- St. Louisville Village
- Union Township
- Utica Village
- Washington Township