lieutenant governor of Ohio
Jon Husted defended tax incentives for Google's New Albany data center, saying economic benefits would outweigh the incentives
Fairfield County has 1 data center on the record; it is running. No county or city rule about data centers is on the record for Fairfield County yet.
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Lancaster, Fairfield County · Google
Latest, reported September 19, 2026: Google's Lancaster data center opened in 2023 streamlinefeed.co.ke local outlet
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1 data center in Fairfield County: running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
| City | Projects |
|---|---|
| Lancaster | 1 |
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
Brown's campaign placed an ad on September 4 attacking data centers in Ohio
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lieutenant governor of Ohio
Jon Husted defended tax incentives for Google's New Albany data center, saying economic benefits would outweigh the incentives
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
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| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
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| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
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No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Fairfield County is for.
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Fairfield County is cooled.
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Fairfield County, Ohio", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/oh/fairfield-county, updated September 19, 2026.
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