Google Columbus Data Center

Project details

Capacity 338.8 MW reported. Status planned. City Columbus. County Franklin. State OH. Grid .

Overview

Google’s Columbus data-center campus is part of the company’s central Ohio presence with New Albany and Lancaster. Google announced its Ohio plans in 2018, and construction in New Albany began in 2019. The Columbus cloud region opened in 2022, adding a cloud-services presence to the company’s continuing data-center investment in the state.

At a Columbus campus event on June 18, 2024, Google announced $2.3 billion of investment for that year across Columbus, Lancaster, and New Albany. The company said the commitment built on more than $4.4 billion invested in Ohio since the 2019 New Albany groundbreaking. The public map lists two operating map records and one planned hall. Reported campus capacity is 338.8 MW.

Google also identifies its Skilled Trades and Readiness, or STAR, program as part of its work in Ohio, on its Ohio data-center locations page. Lancaster is named with Columbus and New Albany in the June 2024 $2.3 billion announcement. The public map lists Columbus Building 3 at 114.4 MW operating, Building 4 at 114.4 MW operating, and Building 5 at 110 MW planned, totaling 338.8 MW reported in Franklin County.

The public map lists 3 map records. Reported campus capacity is 338.8 MW. Mix: 2 operating, 1 planned.

Map records

Map entries are not a physical building count; campus and building scope may differ across sources.

• Columbus - Building 3 | 114.4 MW | operating | 39.8462, -82.99917
• Columbus - Building 4 | 114.4 MW | operating | 39.849, -82.99966
• Columbus - Building 5 | 110 MW | planned | 39.85199, -83.00025

Sources

• Google Columbus Data Center public project source — www.datacenters.google, retrieved 2026-09-01
• Powered Lands data center map