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A new datacenter megaproject is coming to Central Ohio

Quality Technology Services (QTS), a Kansas-based real estate investment fund announced plans to build a new datacenter campus in New Albany. 

The $1.5 billion megaproject adds to a growing list of datacenter megaprojects in Central Ohio. A megaproject is any private-funded construction project that costs $1 billion or more.

According to a Bizjournal report, QTS purchased 93 acres of land in late October for $11.2 million. The land is split into two plots on Beech Road. 

The first property is 56 acres, where two datacenters will be built totaling 885,600 square feet. The second plot is 37 acres, and the two other datacenters will total roughly 612,600 square feet. Continue reading →

Intel Project deadline pushed back

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced that the project timeline to produce microchips in Ohio has been pushed back.

While speaking to analysts at a conference in late August, Gelsinger said the company will shift its focus to a two-fab expansion in Chandler, Ariz. 

Intel promises that the work in Ohio will still happen. The New Albany Intel site is officially the largest construction project in the history of Ohio.  Continue reading →

Google to invest $1.7 billion into datacenter presence in central Ohio

Posted by / August 9, 2023 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

Google announced it will invest an additional $1.7 billion in the construction of its three datacenter campuses in Central Ohio. 

While at its New Albany datacenter on Aug. 8, Google officials also announced its commitment to spending a total of $3.7 billion in central Ohio. 

The additional $1.7 billion will be used to complete the Columbus and Lancaster datacenters and expand the New Albany facility, according to Mark Isakowitz, Google Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy.  Continue reading →

Google Coming to Central Ohio

Posted by / February 26, 2019 / Categories: News / Tags: , , , , / 0 Comments

The world’s largest search engine is coming to Central Ohio, which should create about 100 of jobs for members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24.

While the project is still in the design stages, the $600 million data center is expected to be smaller than the $750 million Facebook datacenter. Both datacenters will be built in New Albany.

In a Feb. 13 blog, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company’s expansion into 14 states across the U.S., including Ohio. Continue reading →