Licking County

Updates, newest first

1. Jan. 19, 2026 Meta Prometheus AI data center · WOSU reported Meta was wrapping up construction on Prometheus in New Albany in 2026. (WOSU (via WYSO), Jan. 19, 2026)
2. April 8, 2025 Microsoft New Albany data center · Microsoft said it was no longer moving forward with its roughly $1 billion plan for three Licking County campuses, including New Albany, where construction had been slated for July 2025. (DatacenterDynamics, April 8, 2025)
3. April 8, 2025 Microsoft Heath data center site · Microsoft paused the Heath campus, which had been slated for construction in summer 2025, saying it would keep evaluating the site. (DatacenterDynamics, April 8, 2025)
4. April 8, 2025 Microsoft Hebron data center site · Microsoft paused the Hebron campus, which had been slated for construction in 2026. (DatacenterDynamics, April 8, 2025)
5. June 20, 2024 Google New Albany data center campus · Google announced another $2.3 billion for its three central Ohio campuses, bringing its reported Ohio total since 2019 to $4.4 billion. (DatacenterDynamics, June 20, 2024)

Statewide

Ohio's data center sales and use tax exemption, approved project by project by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority, can waive up to all of the 5.75% state sales tax on qualifying equipment for facilities of $100 million or more for up to 15 years; the state reported it cost about $555 million in 2024 and about $1.57 billion in 2025, far above its own forecasts. (Cleveland 19 (Associated Press, from Signal Ohio), May 21, 2026; Signal Ohio, June 11, 2026) Lawmakers repealed the exemption in the 2025-2027 budget, House Bill 96, but Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed that provision in 2025; House leaders later said they lacked the 60 votes to override. (WYSU (Statehouse News Bureau), Aug. 8, 2025; Signal Ohio, June 11, 2026) On May 27, 2026, DeWine directed the Tax Credit Authority to stop taking new data center exemption requests after its June 1 meeting while the General Assembly's Joint Data Center Committee studies the industry; existing exemptions are unaffected. (Office of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, May 27, 2026; ENR, May 29, 2026) A legislative package from the joint committee that would have shrunk future data center tax breaks was pulled before a floor vote on June 10, 2026, the last scheduled session before the November election; no change was adopted. (Signal Ohio, June 11, 2026) The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved AEP Ohio's data center tariff on July 9, 2025 (Case No. 24-0508): new data centers above 25 MW must pay for at least 85% of their subscribed monthly capacity for up to 12 years, including a four-year ramp, with exit fees and financial-assurance rules, and the order set a path to end AEP's March 2023 moratorium on new central Ohio data center service agreements. (POWER Magazine, July 10, 2025; Renewable Energy World, July 10, 2025) A Brown County group began circulating a proposed state constitutional amendment in March 2026 that would bar construction of data centers larger than 25 MW; it had not been certified as of the source. (WKRC Local 12, March 9, 2026) Ohio data centers →