A free SpecWindow project list. Records checked Oct 26, 2026; they can change after that date.

Ohio data center projects in government records, 2026

7 data center projects found in Ohio Power Siting Board, Wood County Planning Commission, Piqua City Commission and Ohio Tax Credit Authority records dated April 26 to October 26, 2026. None of the records we opened gives a backup generator count; 4 Power Siting Board records give megawatts for gas plants proposed or approved to supply data centers, 2 of them with battery storage megawatts. Every project links to its government record.

Ohio EPA air permit documents and the PUCO case dockets could not be read automatically when we checked, so draft generator permits are missing, and we did not check most county and township boards outside the places named here; this is a sample, not a complete list.

PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center, gas plant for a data center on the same site

New Albany, Licking County, Ohio

Record: Ohio Power Siting Board hearing notice for case 26-361-EL-BGN, Sep 16, 2026. opsb.ohio.gov
Applicant as named: PowerConneX, Inc.
Stage: Permit pending. Siting board application under review; local public hearing was scheduled for Oct 22, 2026 (OPSB case page); no decision found. An evidentiary hearing was scheduled for Nov 4, 2026 (OPSB case page); the outcome was not checked for this page.
Equipment stated: Proposed, per the OPSB hearing notice and case page: a natural gas fired generation facility of up to 450 MW on about 30 acres, supplying power behind the meter to a data center on the same site; turbine or engine count not stated. A public notice from the applicant, posted by EdgeConneX, gave up to 430 MW.

J5 LLC data center (northeast corner of Farrington Road and Washington Road)

Piqua, Miami County, Ohio

Record: City Commission agenda packet, Sep 1, 2026, with minutes of the Aug 18, 2026 meeting approving Ordinance O-7-26, a 30 year AES Ohio electric franchise to serve J5 LLC. piquaoh.api.civicclerk.com Read through the City of Piqua's official meeting data feed.
Applicant as named: J5, LLC d/b/a Shaytura LLC (Resolution R-80-26); the city's project page posts a Meta fact sheet for the project
Stage: Zoning approved. Land was annexed and zoned between 2022 and 2025 and development, water and TIF agreements were signed Jan 23, 2026 (city project page); electric franchise approved Aug 18, 2026. The Aug 18, 2026 minutes also record Ordinance O-11-26 placing a proposed charter amendment to prohibit data center construction on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot; the result was not checked for this page.
Equipment stated: Stated in the city's Electric Services Agreement (Resolution R-80-26): up to 10 MW of power for construction and commissioning and a customer supplied transformer to take service at 69 kV; the agreement's Exhibit A diagram labels a 69 kV double circuit transmission line and a temporary power substation. The city project page says the data center uses on site backup generators for emergency power only, count and rating not stated, and a closed loop cooling system.

Fairfield Energy Center, gas plant for an adjacent data center (Village of Millersport)

Millersport, Fairfield County, Ohio

Record: Ohio Power Siting Board hearing notice for case 26-160-EL-BGN, Jul 8, 2026. opsb.ohio.gov
Applicant as named: Not named in the OPSB records we opened
Stage: Permit pending. Local public hearing Aug 17, 2026 and evidentiary hearing Sep 17, 2026 (OPSB case page); no decision found.
Equipment stated: Proposed, per the OPSB hearing notice and case page: a natural gas fired generation facility of up to 1,300 MW, with up to 1,000 MW of battery energy storage, on about 100 acres, to power a data center proposed next to the site; turbine or engine count not stated.

PowerConneX Ashville Energy Center, gas plant for a data center on the same site

Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio

Record: Ohio Power Siting Board hearing notice for case 26-196-EL-BGN, Jun 30, 2026. opsb.ohio.gov
Applicant as named: PowerConneX, Inc., named in its public notice posted by EdgeConneX; the OPSB records name the project PowerConneX Ashville Energy Center but not the applicant
Stage: Permit pending. Local public hearing Aug 19, 2026 and evidentiary hearing Sep 9, 2026 (OPSB case page); no decision found.
Equipment stated: Proposed, per the OPSB hearing notice and case page: a natural gas fired generation facility of up to 800 MW on about 110 acres, to power a data center on the same site; turbine or engine count not stated.

Socrates the Younger Power Generation Facility for Sidecat data center (Clover Valley Road and Harrison Road NW)

New Albany, Licking County, Ohio

Record: Ohio Power Siting Board approval of case 26-0169-EL-BLN, news release Jun 26, 2026. opsb.ohio.gov
Applicant as named: Will-Power OH, LLC; power to be used by Sidecat, LLC, an affiliate of Meta Platforms, Inc.
Stage: Permit issued. Construction authorized with 36 conditions.
Equipment stated: Permitted: a 250 MW natural gas fired generation facility and 116 MW of battery energy storage on 109 acres, behind the meter and not connected to the grid, to serve an adjacent data center; turbine or engine count not stated.

Project Accordion data center logistics land, 13 parcels on Ohio 25 and Mercer Road north of Ohio 582

Middleton Township, Wood County, Ohio

Record: Rezoning, Wood County Planning Commission minutes, Jun 2, 2026. woodcountyohio.gov
Applicant as named: LIAMES, LLC; the minutes record its representative speaking for "LIAMES/META"
Stage: Early land or zoning. The county commission recommended M-1 rezoning 4 to 2; the township decides. A second request, 39.265 acres east of Ohio 25 under contract to Liames LLC for construction parking, was on the Jul 7, 2026 county agenda; the Middleton Township Zoning Commission voted 4 to 1 against recommending a 39.2 acre rezoning for temporary construction parking at the Meta data center, reported by BG Independent News on Aug 12, 2026.
Equipment stated: None stated in the rezoning records we opened. The Apollo plant, 350 MW of gas generation and about 120 MW of battery storage next to the data center campus Liames is building, was certified Feb 3, 2026, before this window (OPSB release).

Cologix data centers, Orange Township and Johnstown

Orange Township, Delaware County and Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio

Record: State incentive, Ohio Tax Credit Authority minutes, Jun 1, 2026: data center sales tax exemption approved. development.ohio.gov
Applicant as named: Cologix, Inc. (minutes); Cologix, Inc. and Cologix US, Inc. in the Governor's release
Stage: Early land or zoning. The Governor's release describes a proposed project to build two new locations with 72 MW of secured power capacity over two phases; a 50 percent, 10 year data center sales tax exemption was approved 3 to 0 on Jun 1, 2026.
Equipment stated: None stated in the records we opened.

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