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Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus

Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio · All 13 Cologix sites

Under constructionMixed receptionAI likelyRecord updated July 26, 2026

Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus is a data center under construction in Johnstown, Ohio (Licking County), operated by Cologix. The public record puts it at 800 MW planned, 154 acres. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Cologix
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Johnstown, Licking County, OH
Coordinates
40.1500, -82.6800
Power capacity
800 MW planned
Land
154 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
AEP Ohio
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Ohio data-center sales-tax exemption (50%, 10-year) - TCA-approved June 1 2026; the $42.3M award is combined with Cologix's Orange Township (Delaware Co.) project and is not split per site, State of Ohio, 2026 | City of Johnstown 15-year, 100% property-tax abatement, Johnstown, OH
Community reception
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. 2025
    Under construction
    Cologix acquired 154 acres in Johnstown for an 8-building AI-ready campus; first-phase development anticipated to begin 2025 Source: Cologix

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Johnstown Mayor Donald Barnard endorsed the project; Ohio's data-center sales-tax program drew statewide controversy (a legislative repeal was vetoed June 2025; a new-award moratorium followed June 2026).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Johnstown Mayor Donald Barnard endorsed the project; Ohio's data-center sales-tax program drew statewide controversy (a legislative repeal was vetoed June 2025; a new-award moratorium followed June 2026). No Johnstown-specific opposition group was found.

Source: Cologix

Power and water

AEP Ohio serves Licking County; in late 2024 it filed a large-load tariff requiring data-center customers to pay for at least 85% of contracted capacity. First-phase load ~75 MW, scalable to 176 MW (Signal Ohio). No on-site generation disclosed.

Cologix states 'closed-loop cooling systems that minimize water usage' (Columbus Region, June 2026). Under construction - no metered operational figure.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Ohio data-center sales-tax exemption (50%, 10-year) - TCA-approved June 1 2026; the $42.3M award is combined with Cologix's Orange Township (Delaware Co.) project and is not split per siteNot establishedState of Ohio2026
City of Johnstown 15-year, 100% property-tax abatementNot establishedJohnstown, OH

Notes on the record

154 acres; up to 800 MW scalable across eight data centers / 2.0M sq ft (800 MW is a full-buildout potential, in notes). The '>$7 billion' figure is a company-wide expansion plan, not a Johnstown-specific committed amount (in notes). Coordinates are the Johnstown, Licking County area centroid. The '>$7B' figure is Cologix's company-wide expansion plan; the $1.17B commitment is combined across Johnstown + Orange Township (not split) -> investmentUsd omitted. Land: ~$45M for 154 acres (Sept 2024).

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus in Johnstown?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Johnstown Mayor Donald Barnard endorsed the project; Ohio's data-center sales-tax program drew statewide controversy (a legislative repeal was vetoed June 2025; a new-award moratorium followed June 2026).

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus?

No lawsuit over Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus appears in the record we track as of July 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus, and how big is it?

Cologix is the operator on record. We hold 13 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 800 MW. The site is recorded at 154 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Cologix Johnstown AI-Ready Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/cologix-johnstown-oh.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/cologix-johnstown-oh, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Cologix Expands Central Ohio Footprint with Land Acquisition for New AI-Ready 800MW Data Center Campus · Cologix · retrieved July 7, 2026
  2. 2.Ohio approves last data-center exemption before moratorium · Signal Ohio · retrieved July 8, 2026
  3. 3.Cologix expands in Central Ohio · Columbus Region · retrieved July 8, 2026
  4. 4.Cologix plans 800-MW data center complex in Ohio · POWER Magazine · retrieved July 8, 2026
  5. 5.Cologix expands Central Ohio footprint with land acquisition for new AI-ready 800MW campus · Cologix · retrieved July 8, 2026

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