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OH Columbus City Council June 26, 2023

Amazon Web Services to invest $7.8 billion in central Ohio data center expansion

Columbus and Franklin County municipal tax abatement and utility infrastructure record for the $7.8 billion Central Ohio hyperscale data center expansion (June 26, 2023).

Jurisdiction Columbus, OH

Governing Body Columbus City Council

Meeting Date June 26, 2023

Extracted Clips 2 clips · 2 opposed · 1 supporting

Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

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Amazon Web Services to invest $7.8 billion in central Ohio data center expansion

Columbus City Council · June 26, 2023

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Clip 1 · 0:15 Hilliard Economic Development and Applicant Presentation Developer Representative In support auto captions, unchecked
Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning
Public hearing record before Columbus City Council in Columbus, OH.
"possible location could be New Albany in January the company paid nearly 117 million dollars for Parcels on Beach Road Northwest near the Intel site since 2015 AWS has invested 6.3 billion dollars in Ohio supporting an average of more than 3 500 full time equivalent jobs annually we'll certainly have more on that major announcement tonight on"
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Clip 2 · 0:39 Hilliard & Columbus City Councils Member Elected Official In support auto captions, unchecked
Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning
Public hearing record before Columbus City Council in Columbus, OH.
"10TV news at five as we learn more about each we're going to bring you the details right here on air and online be sure to download the 10TV app you'll get breaking news alerts they'll go straight to your phone"
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