Ohio
Datacenter Source tracks 99 data centers in Ohio, including 7 AI campuses. Facilities that disclose power add up to 1.8 GW online and 1.84 GW in the pipeline. These are floors, not market size: 11% of facilities have a power figure. Largest operators by tracked MW: Meta, Google and Amazon Web Services. 3.72 GW has been announced; 1.8 GW is documented as operational.
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Datacenter Source. “Ohio data centers.” /states/OH. Data as of 2026-10-12. Accessed 2026-10-12.
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title = {{Ohio data centers}},
author = {{Datacenter Source}},
year = {2026},
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note = {Data as of 2026-10-12; accessed 2026-10-12. Compiled from cited sources, including OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)},
}Please also cite the original source of any specific figure (linked beside it).
Online = operating sites; pipeline = remaining planned MW at sites under construction or planned. Percentages under each total show how much of it is backed by each evidence level. Average industrial electricity price: 10.95¢/kWh (EIA).
ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. filing, deed, permit or grid recordAnnouncedStated by the company or reported in the press; not yet backed by a filing or grid record. company or press claimEst.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. satellite, model or map inferenceHow levels are assignedAI data center capacity over time
Facility power at satellite-tracked AI campuses (Epoch AI timelines), quarterly
Construction pipeline by expected completion
MW from phases with a projected completion date
Power reality
Announced capacity vs. what grid records, construction and operation document. Facility-level sums; sources differ in coverage.
How to read this
Each bar sums one kind of evidence across facilities. Announced is the largest MW a company, utility, government or press source reported. Interconnection requests are MW in active large-load queue requests. Of the grid operators we ingest, only NYISO publishes these project by project. Contracted / approved means an executed interconnection agreement or a reported utility or power contract. Under construction and Operational come from construction records, imagery or operator reports.
The gap between announced and documented MW is capacity that has been claimed but not yet backed by a grid, construction or operating record. It is not proof a project won't happen. On-site generation is listed separately and never added to grid capacity. Method
Time to power puts each site's pending MW (announced minus operational) into a bucket by the midpoint of its evidence-based window. The window starts at the furthest documented stage and adds editorial ranges for what remains (e.g. announced: 2–5 yrs; land acquired: 2–4.5 yrs; planning / zoning: 1.75–4 yrs). Insufficient evidence means no dated stage evidence, not a delay. Windows are ranges, not forecasts. All ranges and rules
- Announced3.72 GW
- Interconnection requests—
- Contracted / approved—
- Under construction1.84 GW
- Operational1.8 GW
650 MW announced at 2 sites has no grid, construction or operating record yet.
Bucketed by the midpoint of each site's evidence-based window. Windows are ranges, not forecasts.
- QTS Van Wert (Mega Site)500 MW / 0
- Viking Data Centers Akron150 MW / 0
Interconnection queues
Active requests to connect to the grid (PJM). Requests are applications, not commitments.
How to read this
A queue request asks a grid operator (ISO/RTO) to connect a new generator or large load to the transmission system. It then moves through studies (feasibility, system impact, facilities) before an interconnection agreement, construction and service. Filing is an application, not a commitment to build. Generation totals here are active requests only.
Why most aren't built: in the queue files we ingest, PJM: 44% of 943 requests withdrawn, 10% in service. These are shares of each published file, not completion rates. Queue sources
Data-center load requests are shown only where an ISO publishes them project by project (NYISO). Elsewhere, large loads go through utilities, and the ISO figures above (e.g. ERCOT's large-load tracking) are quoted from the operator's own documents.
Coverage
How much of this scope our sources describe. Low coverage means data isn't disclosed or not yet collected, not that there's nothing there.
Confirmed evidence = at least one fact about the facility itself from a filing, deed, permit, interconnection record, or government or utility record. Regional context (state prices, nearby plants, utility territory maps) doesn't count. Most facilities come from OpenStreetMap, which records that a building exists but rarely its power, owner or status.
| Markets | Facilities | With power | Confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus & Central Ohio | 78 | 8% | 83% |
Markets
Click through to drill down
| Name | Facilities | Online | Pipeline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus & Central Ohio | 78 | 1.8 GW | 966 MW |
Largest operators & owners
Online + pipeline MW at linked facilities
- Meta612 MW + 1.29 GW · 7 sites
- Google928 MW + 100 MW · 14 sites
- Amazon Web Services255 MW + 150 MW · 40 sites
- SoftBank0 MW + 300 MW · 1 sites
- CyrusOne— · 5 sites
- QTS Data Centers— · 5 sites
- Vantage Data Centers— · 3 sites
- DartPoints— · 2 sites
- T5 Data Centers— · 2 sites
- Flexential— · 1 sites
- Aligned Data Centers— · 1 sites
- Oppidan— · 1 sites
Largest customers & end users
Tenants and workload owners, where sourced
Utility exposure
Most likely retail utility by location (approximate)
- American Electric Power1.63 GW + 966 MW · 67 sites
- The Toledo Edison CO0 MW + 570 MW · 1 sites
- Ohio Edison0 MW + 300 MW · 8 sites
- South Central Power Company164 MW + 0 MW · 3 sites
- Duke Energy— · 8 sites
- Union Rural Electric Coop, INC— · 6 sites
- Cleveland Electric Illum CO— · 5 sites
Grid operators (ISO / RTO)
By facility location
- PJM1.8 GW + 1.84 GW · 99 sites
Largest facilities
By online + pipeline MW; badge = evidence behind each figure
| Facility | Status | Online | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Prometheus | Operating + expandingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | 612 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | 716 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. |
| Meta Bowling Green | Under constructionEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | — | 570 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. |
| Google Columbus | Operating + expandingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | 364 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | 100 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. |
| AWS New Albany | Operating + expandingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | 255 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | 150 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. |
| Google New Albany | OperatingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | 400 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | — |
| OpenAI Stargate Lordstown | Under constructionEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | — | 300 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. |
| Google Lancaster | OperatingEstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | 164 MW EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. | — |
Facilities by status
- Operating92
- Operating + expanding3
- Under construction2
- Unknown2
Counties
- Licking County 33 · 1.27 GW
- Franklin County 33 · 364 MW
- Union County 8
- Cuyahoga County 5
- Fairfield County 3 · 164 MW
- Hamilton County 3
- Warren County 3
- Butler County 2
- Summit County 2
- Wood County 1
- Trumbull County 1
- Clark County 1
- Erie County 1
- Mahoning County 1
- Delaware County 1
- Van Wert County 1
Local impact
Water, on-site generation and air permits, incentives, regulatory events and large-load tariffs, where a source documents them. Counts are of sourced records, not of the state's totals.
1 M gal/day modeled at 1 site EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.
Evaporative (cooling towers): 2 sites EstimatedModeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.
2 sites with documented on-site generation (MW not reported)
2 air permits matched to tracked sites ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record.Minor Emissions: 1 · 80% Synthetic Minor Emissions: 1
Not yet collected
- American Electric Power: AEP Ohio data center tariff ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record.Public Utilities Commission of Ohio · Docket 24-508-EL-ATA · Jul 9, 2025 · source
Not yet collected