Franklin County, Ohio
Franklin County, Ohio has 1.5 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 35 records, against 15.4 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 840 MW of planned generation across 4 projects. That is 5.3% of Ohio's data center MW.
Franklin County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Franklin County's own plants cover 1% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 840 MW.
Data centers by status
35 records, 1.5 GW
The data center pipeline
33 records list a year online or expected, from 2010 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 183.2 MW listed for 2026 and 110 MW for 2027. 2 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 14 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 73 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 19 |
| 2019 | 2 | 37 |
| 2020 | 3 | 95 |
| 2021 | 2 | 75 |
| 2022 | 2 | 90 |
| 2023 | 2 | 125 |
| 2024 | 5 | 346 |
| 2025 | 3 | 269 |
| 2026 | 3 | 183 |
| 2027 | 1 | 110 |
| 2028 | 3 | 66 |
Who is building in Franklin
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 7.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 20 | 836 |
| 5 | 510 | |
| Stack Infrastructure | 2 | 81 |
| Cologix | 4 | 78 |
| Edged | 1 | 24 |
| Centersquare (formerly Evoque) | 1 | 8 |
Power generation in the county
9 plants operate inside Franklin County, 15.4 MW. The queue adds 840 MW across 4 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Franklin County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 1 |
| Solar | Planned | 3 | 640 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Oil | Operating | 5 | 8.1 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 1 | 3.5 |
| Biomass | Operating | 2 | 2.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 200 |
| 2027 | 3 | 640 |
Franklin County against its neighbors
Licking County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 7.1 GW, more than Franklin County. 1 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licking County | 86 | 1,396 | 2,091x | ||
| Franklin County this page | 35 | 840 | 100x | ||
| Fairfield County | 7 | 666 | no operating MW | ||
| Pickaway County | 3 | 163 | 1x | ||
| Union County | 11 | 497 | 1.2x | ||
| Madison County | 0 | 4,510 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
3 projects in Franklin County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Franklin County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Franklin County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 48 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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