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Google Lancaster data center, in order

What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.

2 events, January 1, 2023 to September 14, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 3 statements. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Ohio.

A plain date is the day it happened, as the source states it, or as the line's own sentence states it ("voted on July 6"), which is where the line sits even when it was filed later. "Reported" and a date is the day a source published a line that carries no date of its own. Those lines, and lines that describe rather than report an act, sit under their month rather than on the timeline, with what was said and the figures other sources gave. Every timeline on the site reads its lines by this one rule. How dates are read.

Stages

  1. running

Now: running. A stage is the record's status after the entry that set it (the definitions).

2023 1 event

  1. (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 19, 2026)

    Entry

    Google's Lancaster data center opened in 2023 [2]

2026 1 event

  1. (the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)

    running

    Google lists Google Lancaster data center at Lancaster, Ohio on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [1]

  2. Also in September 2026: 3 statements

    1. (said in the source itself)

      Statement · Sherrod Brown

      Brown's campaign placed an ad on September 4 attacking data centers in Ohio streamlinefeed.co.ke local outlet

    2. (said in the source itself)

      Statement · Jon Husted, U.S. Senator

      Jon Husted said that artificial intelligence and data centers were crucial to America's economic superiority because they drive innovation, support high tech industries, and help analyze vast data essential for global competitiveness politifact.com local outlet

    3. (said in the source itself)

      Statement · Jon Husted, lieutenant governor of Ohio

      Jon Husted defended tax incentives for Google's New Albany data center, saying economic benefits would outweigh the incentives politifact.com local outlet

On the timeline: a stage change; an entry that reports an act on the day the source or its own sentence gives; and a decision, a published scorecard event on a row at or under the record's county, that reports an act. Under the months: a statement that names this record, a figure another source gave about it, matched by place and developer, an entry dated only by the day its source was published, and an entry or a decision that describes rather than reports an act. Each is on the record in its own right and keeps its own link.

For researchers
Slug
google-lancaster-data-center-oh
Status value
operational
Events on the timeline
2
Under the months
3
Stage changes
1
Decisions
0
Statements
3
Figures
0
Entries and decisions under the months
0