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Released July 14, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Utilities across the U.S. are wrestling with how to handle the massive approaching growth in power-generation demand from data centers. One state to notch progress on the issue is Ohio, whose Public Utilities Commission (PUC) last week approved a proposal from AEP Ohio designed to ensure data center developers bear most of the financial burden associated with heavier energy consumption in their areas, despite some pushback from big names like Amazon.com Incorporated (Seattle, Washington) and Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Industrial Info is tracking more than $55 billion worth of active and proposed data center projects across Ohio, including more than $6.6 billion worth already under construction.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for active and proposed data center projects across Ohio, by total investment.
Late last year, AEP Ohio, which is Ohio's largest power provider and a subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP) (Columbus, Ohio), proposed to the PUC that data centers and cryptocurrency-mining facilities above a certain power threshold be obligated to pay for at least 85% of the energy they expect to need each month--even if they use less--to cover the cost of infrastructure needed to bring additional power. The Ohio Consumers Council, which represents ratepayers, and organizations such as Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy were among those who backed the agreement.
Industry groups such as the Data Center Coalition, which includes players like Amazon, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet Incorporated (Mountain View, California) opposed the agreement, saying it would bring them higher costs and more regulation. But Commissioner Dennis Deters echoed others on the PUC when he said the agreement protects other ratepayers from costs associated with increased load on the system, transmission buildout and potential stranded costs, according to Utility Dive.
It remains to be seen if any tech companies would go so far as to reconsider major project proposals in the Buckeye State. Amazon has been proposing multi-phase data center campuses in Jeffersonville and Sudbury which, if built, would have strong potential for future buildouts. Toward the end of 2024, Amazon Web Services announced it would add an estimated $10 billion worth of data center infrastructure within the state by the end of 2030, which would build on $7.8 billion of investment it had announced earlier in the year. The new facilities will be used to power cloud computing, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Plant and Project databases can read detailed profiles of the proposed Jeffersonville and Sudbury facilities, and can click here for a list of projects associated with Jeffersonville and click here for a list of projects associated with Sudbury.
Meanwhile, Google is among a host of developers pursuing data-center buildouts in the New Albany area, which sits northeast of Columbus. The company expects to finish a fifth-phase expansion of its New Albany campus toward the end of the current quarter, while a sixth-phase expansion could wrap up next spring. Google also is considering a seventh phase that could begin construction next summer. Subscribers can learn more from a plant profile and detailed reports on the fifth, sixth and proposed seventh phases.
Other players looking at the New Albany area include EdgeConneX Incorporated (Herndon, Virginia), which is proposing a large-scale data center that would be powered by its own natural gas-fired plant. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report.
Prior to Ohio PUC's announcement, Microsoft said it would scale back a planned buildout in the state, although it still has several big-ticket projects in the works. For more information, see April 5, 2025, article - Microsoft Walks Back on Three Ohio Data Center Projects.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.
Subscribers can click here for a full list of detailed reports for active and proposed data center projects across Ohio.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for active and proposed data center projects across Ohio, by total investment.Late last year, AEP Ohio, which is Ohio's largest power provider and a subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP) (Columbus, Ohio), proposed to the PUC that data centers and cryptocurrency-mining facilities above a certain power threshold be obligated to pay for at least 85% of the energy they expect to need each month--even if they use less--to cover the cost of infrastructure needed to bring additional power. The Ohio Consumers Council, which represents ratepayers, and organizations such as Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy were among those who backed the agreement.
Industry groups such as the Data Center Coalition, which includes players like Amazon, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet Incorporated (Mountain View, California) opposed the agreement, saying it would bring them higher costs and more regulation. But Commissioner Dennis Deters echoed others on the PUC when he said the agreement protects other ratepayers from costs associated with increased load on the system, transmission buildout and potential stranded costs, according to Utility Dive.
It remains to be seen if any tech companies would go so far as to reconsider major project proposals in the Buckeye State. Amazon has been proposing multi-phase data center campuses in Jeffersonville and Sudbury which, if built, would have strong potential for future buildouts. Toward the end of 2024, Amazon Web Services announced it would add an estimated $10 billion worth of data center infrastructure within the state by the end of 2030, which would build on $7.8 billion of investment it had announced earlier in the year. The new facilities will be used to power cloud computing, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Plant and Project databases can read detailed profiles of the proposed Jeffersonville and Sudbury facilities, and can click here for a list of projects associated with Jeffersonville and click here for a list of projects associated with Sudbury.
Meanwhile, Google is among a host of developers pursuing data-center buildouts in the New Albany area, which sits northeast of Columbus. The company expects to finish a fifth-phase expansion of its New Albany campus toward the end of the current quarter, while a sixth-phase expansion could wrap up next spring. Google also is considering a seventh phase that could begin construction next summer. Subscribers can learn more from a plant profile and detailed reports on the fifth, sixth and proposed seventh phases.
Other players looking at the New Albany area include EdgeConneX Incorporated (Herndon, Virginia), which is proposing a large-scale data center that would be powered by its own natural gas-fired plant. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report.
Prior to Ohio PUC's announcement, Microsoft said it would scale back a planned buildout in the state, although it still has several big-ticket projects in the works. For more information, see April 5, 2025, article - Microsoft Walks Back on Three Ohio Data Center Projects.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.
Subscribers can click here for a full list of detailed reports for active and proposed data center projects across Ohio.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
