Licking County, Ohio
Licking County, Ohio has 7.1 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 86 records, against 3.4 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.4 GW of planned generation across 6 projects. That is 24.4% of Ohio's data center MW.
Licking County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 7 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. Licking County's own plants cover 0% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 1.4 GW.
Data centers by status
86 records, 7.1 GW
The data center pipeline
80 records list a year online or expected, from 2016 to 2032. The largest expected additions are 1.8 GW listed for 2028 and 1.5 GW for 2027. 6 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.
View as table
| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 33 |
| 2017 | 1 | 30 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 134 |
| 2021 | 4 | 159 |
| 2022 | 2 | 117 |
| 2023 | 4 | 234 |
| 2024 | 4 | 281 |
| 2025 | 11 | 815 |
| 2026 | 10 | 1,038 |
| 2027 | 17 | 1,539 |
| 2028 | 15 | 1,771 |
| 2029 | 3 | 305 |
| 2030 | 3 | 305 |
| 2031 | 1 | 57 |
| 2032 | 1 | 57 |
Who is building in Licking
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 10.
View as table
| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 37 | 2,441 |
| Meta | 11 | 1,588 |
| Cologix | 8 | 800 |
| EdgeConneX | 3 | 766 |
| 8 | 447 | |
| QTS | 4 | 298 |
Power generation in the county
2 plants operate inside Licking County, 3.4 MW of solar and natural gas. The queue adds 1.4 GW across 6 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Licking County
View as table
| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 1.9 |
| Solar | Planned | 5 | 1,195.5 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 1 | 1.5 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
View as table
| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 98 |
| 2027 | 1 | 200 |
| 2028 | 2 | 500 |
| 2029 | 2 | 597.5 |
Licking County against its neighbors
Franklin County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.5 GW, 22% of Licking County's. 2 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 this page | 86 | 1,396 | 2,091x | ||
| Franklin County | 35 | 840 | 100x | ||
| Fairfield County | 7 | 666 | no operating MW | ||
| Muskingum County | 0 | 20 | 0x | ||
| Perry County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Knox County | 0 | 301 | no operating MW |
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 Licking County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Licking 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 Licking County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 94 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see every field and can export up to 1,000 rows a month on Solo, unlimited on Unlimited.
Get alerts for Licking County
We email you when a data center or power project in Licking County is added, changes status, signs an interconnection agreement or slips its date. One email per snapshot, only when something changed.
Open every campus, project and contact in Licking County.
Solo is $250 a month for one user. Unlimited is $500 for your whole team. Cancel any time.