Lancaster has 1 data center on the record; it is running. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Lancaster yet. Fairfield County's own decisions are on the Fairfield County page.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The data center in Lancaster
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
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1 data center in Lancaster: running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The outline is Lancaster's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.
What was said
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
Jon Husted, U.S. Senator · September 23, 2026 · paraphrased · politifact.comlocal outlet
Brown's campaign placed an ad on September 4 attacking data centers in Ohio
Sherrod Brown · September 19, 2026 · paraphrased · streamlinefeed.co.kelocal outlet
Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.
Power, water, jobs and tax
Figure
Disclosed total
Disclosed
Not disclosed
Basis
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.
By what the facilities are for
Use
Records
Power
Water
Jobs
Tax each year
Not disclosed
1
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Lancaster is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Lancaster is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/oh/fairfield-county/lancaster, updated September 19, 2026.
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/oh/fairfield-county/lancaster. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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