Cologix COL5 data center, Orange Township
Cologix is building its fifth Columbus-area data center on Green Meadows Drive in Orange Township. It plans a second, larger building later, for up to 120 MW in total. Also known as: COL5, COL6.
Who is behind it
The record, newest first
Cologix's COL5 page lists 120,000 square feet of data center space and a Q3 2026 ready-for-service target, with a future 95 MW facility planned. (Cologix, Oct. 19, 2026)
The state Tax Credit Authority approved a sales-tax exemption covering this site and Johnstown. (Ohio Tax Credit Authority (Ohio Department of Development), June 1, 2026; Signal Ohio, June 1, 2026)
A trades council report says construction has launched on Cologix's $1 billion data center at Green Meadows Drive and Home Road; phase one is a 60,000 sq ft single-story building due by fall 2026. (Columbus/Central Ohio Building & Construction Trades Council, June 23, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
- Coordinates are approximate, placed at Green Meadows Drive in Orange Township (geocoded street, not the parcel).
- Sizes conflict: the trades council says phase one is 60,000 sq ft; Cologix's page says 120,000 sq ft of data center space. Acreage is 28 (trades council) or 25 (Signal Ohio).
The full record
- Status note
- Construction was under way by June 2025. Cologix's location page, updated Oct. 19, 2026, gives a Q3 2026 ready-for-service target.
- Power note
- 120 MW at full build-out, per the building trades council report. Cologix lists 25 MW of utility power for COL5 and plans for a later 95 MW facility. Signal Ohio reports 25 MW growing to 75 MW in the state-incentive phase.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)