Who is building Pataskala data center proposal?

Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.

How much power and water does Pataskala data center proposal say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Pataskala data center proposal stand today?

It is reported, as reported August 23, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 23, 2026: Aligned Data Centers expects to employ about 111 people long term [1].

What has Pataskala or Licking County decided about it?

Pataskala: Pataskala will vote on a ballot measure in November on whether to prohibit building any large scale data centers. (reported September 23, 2026, source); and Pataskala: Pataskala city council unanimously voted to block construction of a proposed 200 megawatt three building data center. (reported September 23, 2026, source). 9 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Reported Built from one source

Pataskala data center proposal

Pataskala City Council voted against a data center proposal. It is reported, as reported August 23, 2026.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified September 17, 2026 · 3 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land: Not disclosed
Power it would draw: Not disclosed
Water: Not disclosed
Who leads it: Not disclosed
Who would use it: Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs: Not disclosed
Tax each year: Not disclosed

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
How much power it needs	Not disclosed
How much water it would use	Not disclosed
How loud it would be	Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs	Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year	Not disclosed

The record's fields

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
Who is building it	Not disclosed
Who is constructing it	Not disclosed
How much land	Not disclosed
Where its power comes from	Not disclosed
Grid connection	Not disclosed
How it is cooled	Not disclosed

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Licking County and Pataskala about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported September 23, 2026	Pataskala	Pataskala will vote on a ballot measure in November on whether to prohibit building any large scale data centers.	spectrumnews1.com
Reported September 23, 2026	Pataskala	Pataskala city council unanimously voted to block construction of a proposed 200 megawatt three building data center.	spectrumnews1.com
Reported August 27, 2026	Pataskala	Pataskala voters will have a referendum in November on whether to allow data centers using over 25 megawatts of power	yahoo.com
Reported August 27, 2026	Pataskala	Planning and Zoning Commission rejected the proposal 5-2	yahoo.com
Reported August 27, 2026	Pataskala	Pataskala City Council voted unanimously to deny the Aligned Data Centers proposal	yahoo.com
Reported August 25, 2026	Pataskala	Pataskala City Council voted against data center proposal	nbc4i.com

3 earlier decisions on the county's rows

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported August 23, 2026	Pataskala	Voters in Pataskala will vote on data center ban on November 3, 2026	thereportingproject.org
Reported August 23, 2026	Pataskala	Pataskala City Council scheduled public hearing for August 25, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. on Aligned Data Centers site plan	thereportingproject.org
June 3, 2026	Pataskala	Pataskala Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5 to 2 on June 3 to recommend rejection of Aligned Data Centers site plan	thereportingproject.org

What happened

Reported August 23, 2026 (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

Aligned Data Centers expects to employ about 111 people long term [1]
Reported August 23, 2026 (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

Aligned Data Centers will use closed loop cooling system with no local water use [1]
Reported August 23, 2026 · Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

Aligned Data Centers proposes 200 megawatt facility in three buildings on 89 acres [1]

The full Pataskala data center proposal timeline, in order

1 correction to this record

1 source tier relabel, September 23

Every correction, with its reason

September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

The site

Where in Licking County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

This record: Proposed, ringed
data center
Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
Smaller pins: 29 other published records in Ohio

Details

this record's location, ringed
parcel outline, from the county parcel record
city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where: Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio
How exactly it is located: County level, the county seat
The parcel: No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes: Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records: Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

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Questions about this project

4 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

Who is building Pataskala data center proposal?: Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
How much power and water does Pataskala data center proposal say it needs?: Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Pataskala data center proposal stand today?: It is reported, as reported August 23, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 23, 2026: Aligned Data Centers expects to employ about 111 people long term [1].
What has Pataskala or Licking County decided about it?: Pataskala: Pataskala will vote on a ballot measure in November on whether to prohibit building any large scale data centers. (reported September 23, 2026, source); and Pataskala: Pataskala city council unanimously voted to block construction of a proposed 200 megawatt three building data center. (reported September 23, 2026, source). 9 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

Pataskala City Council hearing Tuesday on data center proposal comes after residents petitioned for a vote to ban such centers - The Reporting Project, The Reporting Project, August 23, 2026, local outlet
Pataskala City Council votes against data center proposal, www.yahoo.com, August 27, 2026, local outlet
Pataskala City Council votes against data center proposal - NBC4 WCMH-TV, NBC4 WCMH-TV, August 25, 2026, local outlet

3 sources on file.

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Last verified September 17, 2026, first recorded September 4, 2026. Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug: pataskala-data-center-proposal-oh
Status value: rumored
Stage: Proposed
Tier: skeleton
Tags: skeleton
Place id: us/oh/licking-county/pataskala
Coordinates: 40.06301, -82.41678
Location precision: county
Location source: County seat (Newark), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source: wikidata county seat
Location source number: Not disclosed
Location last verified: September 16, 2026
EPA registry id: Not disclosed
Use type values: not_disclosed
Tenancy value: not_disclosed
Cooling type value: not_disclosed
Capacity basis: not_disclosed
Water basis: not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis: Not disclosed
Interconnection value: not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed: Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows: Not disclosed
Published: 2026-09-04
Last verified: 2026-09-17