Data centers in Franklin County, Ohio

Franklin County has 9 data centers on the record: 8 running and 1 being built. No county or city rule about data centers is on the record for Franklin County yet.

Updated October 6, 2026 · Every line below links to its source · How the record works

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 9 data centers in Franklin County

Newest activity first

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.

Being built Built from one source
QTS Data Centers New Albany
New Albany, Franklin County · QTS Data Centers
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
93 acresthird party estimate
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
co-location
Running Built from one source
Cologix Columbus
Columbus, Franklin County · Cologix
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
Centersquare Columbus data center
Columbus, Franklin County · Centersquare
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
Google Columbus data center
Columbus, Franklin County · Google
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
Google New Albany data center
New Albany, Franklin County · Google
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
Meta New Albany Data Center
New Albany, Franklin County · Meta
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed

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Running Built from one source
Microsoft New Albany datacenter
New Albany, Franklin County · Microsoft
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
STACK NAL01
New Albany, Franklin County · STACK Infrastructure
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
Vantage New Albany
New Albany, Franklin County · Vantage Data Centers
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed

Where

9 data centers in Franklin County: 8 running, 1 being built. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record (8 of 9).

The outline is Franklin County's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

The cities in Franklin County on the record (2)

2 of 2 cities have a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record. No city in Franklin County has a rule, a statement by an official or a rating on the record yet.

City	Projects
New Albany	6
Columbus	3

What was said

Helena Volzer, director of water resources at the Alliance for the Great Lakes, said it's very difficult to craft conservation standards when the exact water consumption is unknown

Helena Volzer, director of water resources, Alliance for the Great Lakes · September 16, 2026 · paraphrased · News 5 Cleveland WEWS local outlet

Every Ohio statement, by speaker

Nearby counties with records

22 miles away Pickaway County 1 data center on the record 25 miles away Fairfield County 1 data center on the record 29 miles away Licking County 3 data centers on the record 57 miles away Clinton County 1 data center on the record

Every Ohio county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 9 records

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	Not disclosed
Power	Not disclosed	9	Not disclosed by any of the 9 records
Water, stated per day	Not disclosed	9	Not disclosed by any of the 9 records
Water, stated per year	Not disclosed	9	Not disclosed by any of the 9 records
Permanent jobs	Not disclosed	9	Not disclosed by any of the 9 records
Tax each year	Not disclosed	9	Not disclosed by any of the 9 records

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	9	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.

Third party figures on the same metrics

Numbers from outside sources on the same metric and place. A figure a project disclosed about itself is in the sums above, not here. Where several sources give the same figure for the same place and year, it is one row with every source behind it (44 sources on 40 rows).

Power

40 to 50 MWOhio, statewide, 2026Hyperscale data center facilities in Ohio typically use a minimum of 40 to 50 megawatts. Springfield News-Sun (springfieldnewssun.com)
36 GWTexas, statewide; Ohio, statewide, 2026Exelon cut its data center pipeline to 36 gigawatts from 43 gigawatts. 24/7 Wall St. (247wallst.com)
11 GWTexas, statewide; Ohio, statewide, 2026Exelon has 11 gigawatts of data center pipeline classified as high probability. 24/7 Wall St. (247wallst.com)
10 GWPike County, OH, 2026Plans to eventually expand power capacity to 10 gigawatts. Washington Examiner (washingtonexaminer.com)
10 GWPiketon, Ohio County, OH, 2026PORTS Pike Technology Campus planned 10 gigawatt data center campus. enr.com (enr.com)
9.2 GWPiketon, Ohio County, OH, 2026PORTS Pike power generation capacity about 9.2 gigawatts from natural gas. enr.com (enr.com)
8.8 GWOH, 2026SB Energy has total contracted or under construction capacity of 8.8 gigawatts across multiple locations including Ohio and Texas. finance.biggo.com (finance.biggo.com)
8 GWPike County, OH, 2026Data center is planned to provide at least 8 gigawatts or 8 billion watts of electrical power. Washington Examiner (washingtonexaminer.com)
4.25 GWPiketon, Ohio County, OH, 2026Initial deployment expected to provide 4.25 gigawatts of AI factory capacity. enr.com (enr.com)
4 GWTexas, statewide; Ohio, statewide, 2026Exelon has 4 gigawatts backed by signed transmission security agreements and 1 billion dollars of collateral. 24/7 Wall St. (247wallst.com)
1.56 GWPike County, OH, 2026Largest operating U.S. data center by power capacity is SpaceXAI Colossus 2 in Tennessee at 1.563 gigawatts. Washington Examiner (washingtonexaminer.com)
482 MWHawesville, Ohio County, KY, 2026Site has 482 megawatts of transmission capability available. enr.com (enr.com)
90 MWOhio County, WV, 2026Silicon Foundation Data Center proposed in Warwood projected at less than 90 MW. WTRF (wtrf.com)
10 price increase factorOhio, statewide, 2026Capacity prices in PJM territory have surged more than tenfold since May 2025. Yahoo (canarymedia.com)
1.4 MWOhio, statewide, 2026Iron Mountain's Ohio data center uses 1.4 megawatts and serves surrounding cities. Springfield News-Sun (springfieldnewssun.com)

Water, stated per day

245,000,000 gallons a dayNew Albany, Ohio, Franklin County, OH, 2026The Columbus water department's system has a daily capacity of 245 million gallons. News 5 Cleveland WEWS (news5cleveland.com)
156,000,000 gallons a dayNew Albany, Ohio, Franklin County, OH, 2026The Columbus water department supplied 156 million gallons of water a day to customers across more than two dozen communities in 2025. News 5 Cleveland WEWS (news5cleveland.com)
30,000,000 gallons per dayLima, OH, 2026City can treat 30 million gallons of water per day. hometownstations.com (hometownstations.com)

Water, stated per year

1,000,000,000 gallons a yearNew Albany, Ohio, Franklin County, OH, 2026Google's New Albany data center used more than 1 billion gallons of water in 2025. News 5 Cleveland WEWS (news5cleveland.com)
448,000,000 gallons a yearNew Albany, Ohio, Franklin County, OH, 2026Google's Columbus data center drew down approximately 448 million gallons of water in 2025, or about 1.2 million gallons a day. News 5 Cleveland WEWS (news5cleveland.com)

Permanent jobs

1,500 jobsOhio, OH, 2026QTS Van Wert campus expected to create more than 1,500 construction jobs. TiffinOhio.net (tiffinohio.net)
200 jobsOhio, OH, 2026QTS Van Wert campus expected to create approximately 200 permanent company positions. TiffinOhio.net (tiffinohio.net)
18 jobsOhio, statewide, 2026Aligned Data Centers in Erie County received a 75 percent 15 year tax exemption and was expected to create 18 full time jobs, announced September 2023. politifact.com (politifact.com)

Tax each year

2,500,000,000 dollarsOhio, statewide, 2026
2 sources
- Data centers in Ohio received about 2.5 billion dollars in state and local tax incentives from 2017 to 2024. politifact.com (politifact.com)
- Ohio data centers received 2.5 billion dollars in state and local tax incentives between 2017 and 2024. National Memo (nationalmemo.com)
1,600,000,000 dollarsOhio, statewide, 2026
2 sources
- Data Center Tax Exemption cost the state 1.6 billion dollars as of 2025. Morning Journal (morningjournal.com)
- As of 2025, the Ohio Data Center Tax Exemption cost the state 1.6 billion dollars. News-Herald (news-herald.com)
1,500,000,000 dollars a yearOhio, statewide, 2026
2 sources
- Ohio data center sales tax exemption totaled 1.5 billion dollars in 2025, more than 10 times the state's original estimate. Yahoo Finance (finance.yahoo.com)
- Ohio data center sales tax exemption topped 1.5 billion dollars in 2025, more than 10 times the state's original estimate (given as 1,500,000,000 dollars). Stocktwits (stocktwits.com)
136,000,000 dollarsOhio, statewide, 2026
2 sources
- State revenue loss from Ohio Data Center Tax Exemption was estimated at approximately 136 million dollars in 2013. News-Herald (news-herald.com)
- State revenue loss from Ohio Data Center Tax Exemption estimated at 136 million dollars in 2013. Morning Journal (morningjournal.com)
10,000,000,000 dollarsFranklin County, MO, 2026Total tax revenue including St. Louis Community College District would exceed 10 billion dollars over 20 years. Missourian | Washington, MO (missourian.com)
9,800,000,000 dollarsFranklin County, MO, 2026Franklin County entities could receive more than 9.8 billion dollars over 20 years from two planned data centers with no tax abatements. Missourian | Washington, MO (missourian.com)
2,300,000,000 dollarsColumbus, Ohio, 2026Ohio has committed at least 2.3 billion dollars in sales tax exemptions for data centers. wowo.com (wowo.com)
2,300,000,000 USDOhio, statewide, 2026Ohio granted $2.3 billion in state sales tax exemptions to 18 tech companies building data centers; exemptions continue for 30 years. Yahoo (ohiocapitaljournal.com)
2,000,000,000 USDDefiance, Ohio, 2026Ohio forgone more than $2 billion in sales tax revenue in 2024 and 2025 because of data center tax breaks. Межа. Новини України. (mezha.net)
1,500,000,000 USDOH, 2026Sales tax exemptions for data centers cost Ohio at least $1.5 billion in 2025. nbc4i.com (yahoo.com)
1,500,000,000 dollars a yearOhio, OH, 2026Ohio's data center equipment sales tax exemption costs more than 1.5 billion dollars annually. Newser (newser.com)
43,500,000 dollarsOhio, statewide, 2026Google received a 15 year state sales tax exemption estimated at 43.5 million dollars for New Albany data center. politifact.com (politifact.com)
40,000,000 dollarsOhio, statewide, 2026Meta paid over 40 million dollars in Ohio property taxes and fees during the 2018 to 2026 period. Stocktwits (stocktwits.com)
11,000,000 dollarsOhio, statewide, 2026Amazon paid almost 11 million dollars in Ohio state property taxes and fees last year. Stocktwits (stocktwits.com)
2,750,000 dollarsPerry Township, Stark County, OH, 2026Perry Township would receive $2.75 million upfront in exchange for 25% of property tax revenue over 30 years under the tax abatement agreement. Canton Repository (cantonrep.com)
2,500,000,000 dollarsPike County, OH, 2024Between 2017 and 2024, Ohio provided about $2.5 billion in tax incentives to attract data center development. TiffinOhio.net (tiffinohio.net)
6,300,000 dollarsPike County, OH, 2024American Electric Power Service Corporation received $6.3 million in data center tax breaks from the state as of September 2024. TiffinOhio.net (tiffinohio.net)

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 9 tracked facilities in Franklin County are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 9 tracked facilities in Franklin County are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Franklin County, Ohio", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/oh/franklin-county, updated October 6, 2026.

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