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Microsoft on the hunt, seeks more land for data center expansion

According to several media reports, Microsoft is looking to purchase more land in Central Ohio to build more data centers.

Microsoft is reportedly looking to buy land in The Village of Hebron and Union Township, located east of Columbus, west of S.R. 79.

If Microsoft purchases the land, the tech giant will own nearly 1,000 acres in Licking County. Building additional data centers would likely create hundreds of additional jobs for members of the area’s building trades unions, including members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 24. 

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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 →