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Data center campus · 4600-4678 Cosgray Road (between Cosgray and Leppert roads, north of Scioto Darby Road), Hilliard, Franklin County, Ohio

AWS Hilliard Cosgray Road data center campus

Under construction as of April 23, 2023

A 104-acre former city and school district tract on Cosgray Road that Hilliard rezoned for data centers in 2020 and sold to Amazon, approved for four data center buildings plus an AEP substation. Also known as: Grener PUD, AWS second Hilliard campus.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site104acres

Who is behind it

ProjectAWS Hilliard Cosgray Road data center campusAlso: Grener PUD, AWS second Hilliard campus
Developer and teamAmazon Web Services (through Amazon Data Services, Inc.)
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. Local reporting says construction began in early 2021 on the site between Leppert and Cosgray roads. (The Hilliard Beacon, April 23, 2023)

  2. The Planning and Zoning Commission votes 6-0 to approve Amazon Data Services' lot split at 4600 Cosgray Road creating a 7.491-acre substation parcel. (City of Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission, June 16, 2022)

  3. The city's economic development director says the start of construction slipped past 2021 while infrastructure and fiber work were finished; the project is put at more than $200 million. (Columbus Business First (via NBC4), May 19, 2022)

  4. The Planning and Zoning Commission approves a final development plan for four data center buildings, two storage buildings, a security building and an AEP switching station and substation (as recounted in 2022 minutes). (City of Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission, June 16, 2022)

  5. Hilliard weighs selling more than 100 acres of Cosgray Road farmland to Amazon for a data center. (WCBE 90.5 FM, Oct. 28, 2020)

  6. A planned unit development text for about 104 acres at 4678 Cosgray Road, owned by the city and the Hilliard City School District, lists data centers as a permitted use and caps building height at 60 feet. (City of Hilliard, June 4, 2020)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Coordinates from a Census geocode of 4678 Cosgray Road.
  • Business First (May 2022) said construction was delayed past 2021; Hilliard Beacon (2023) said work began early 2021. Conflict unresolved.
  • Acreage: PUD text and press say about 104 acres; 2022 minutes describe a 147.05-acre parent parcel, a 105-acre site and a 104.995-acre development plan.
  • Data Center Dynamics reports land deals of about $14.56 million ($11.76 million from the city and $2.8 million from the school district).
  • The minutes date the rezoning to PUD (Ordinance 20-18) as Sept. 13, 2020.

The full record

Status note
The latest record (Hilliard Beacon, April 2023) says construction began in early 2021; no record confirms the buildings are in service.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.