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1 data center project in Johnstown City

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

In Johnstown City

Being built

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…

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Being builtabout 5 miles away

Vantage 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 builtabout 5 miles away

EdgeConneX 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.

Proposedabout 5 miles away

Karis 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 builtabout 5 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.

Proposedabout 5 miles away

Google 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.

Built & runningabout 6 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.

🗓️ Public meeting: Jan 5, 2027
Johnstown special election. Anyone can come and speak.
Data center ban charter amendment.
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

  1. Get told first.
    We'll email you if anything changes in Johnstown City.
  2. Go to council meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Johnstown City: Ohio Power Co. (company) or Licking Rural Electric Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).

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

  • Where will the 800 megawatts of power come from, and are new power lines or a gas plant planned?
  • How much water will the campus use?
  • Did the city give a tax break?

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