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Google Project BOSC (Lima)
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Google Project BOSC (Lima) is a permitted data center in Lima, Ohio (Allen County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced March 16, 2026, 170 acres, a reported $500 million investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Lima, Allen County, OH
- Coordinates
- 40.7440, -84.1052
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 170 acres
- Investment
- $500 million
- Announced
- March 16, 2026
- Utility
- AEP Ohio
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Evaporative
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- 15-year PILOT tax abatement - Elida Local Schools offset ($250,000/yr for 15 years; total value undisclosed)
- 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.
- March 16, 2026PermittedGoogle publicly named as the operator behind Project BOSC; PILOT finalized with Elida Local Schools; Ohio EPA air permit still pending Source: Allen Economic Development Group
- September 2025ProposedCity of Lima water ordinance approved allowing 5 million gallons per day for the project Source: Data Center Dynamics
- December 2024ProposedProject first surfaced as Project BOSC via Bistrozzi LLC (Delaware shell); 170-acre agricultural site on North Cole Street, American Township Source: Data Center Dynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Google Project BOSC (Lima) in Lima, Allen County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Broad government/business support; opposing comments during the Ohio EPA air-permit comment period focused on transparency about the Bistrozzi LLC shell; resident construction-traffic concerns reported May 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.
Broad government/business support; opposing comments during the Ohio EPA air-permit comment period focused on transparency about the Bistrozzi LLC shell; resident construction-traffic concerns reported May 2026.
Power and water
Grid power via a planned on-site AEP substation. Ohio EPA air-permit application (pending as of March 2026) covers 115 diesel emergency generators and related fuel storage.
36 cooling towers per the Ohio EPA permit application; described by Google as water-cooled. City of Lima granted 5 million gallons/day (Sept 2025).
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-year PILOT tax abatement - Elida Local Schools offset ($250,000/yr for 15 years; total value undisclosed) | Not established | Not established |
Notes on the record
Google's third Ohio data center (after New Albany and Lancaster). $500M confirmed capital investment. Codename Project BOSC; pre-announcement land/permit work via Bistrozzi LLC (Delaware shell). Coordinates are the Lima city centroid; the confirmed site is in American Township ~2 mi north of Lima (North Cole Street between Beery and Irvin Roads), ~170 acres. Capacity MW not disclosed. Google's project page states construction anticipated to begin late 2026; ~50 permanent jobs projected per DCD and 'hundreds' of construction jobs - projections, so omitted from jobs. Ohio EPA air-permit application (pending March 2026) covers 115 emergency diesel generators; 36 cooling towers specified. $50M of the investment is earmarked for local road infrastructure, $13.6M for water infrastructure.
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.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- 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.
- QTS Van Wert Data Center Campus · Van Wert · QTS Data Centers26 mi · Proposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Google Project BOSC (Lima) data center in Lima?
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Google Project BOSC (Lima) in Lima, Allen County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Broad government/business support; opposing comments during the Ohio EPA air-permit comment period focused on transparency about the Bistrozzi LLC shell; resident construction-traffic concerns reported May 2026.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google Project BOSC (Lima) data center?
No lawsuit over Google Project BOSC (Lima) appears in the record we track as of July 23, 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 Google Project BOSC (Lima) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Google Project BOSC (Lima) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as evaporative, 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 Google Project BOSC (Lima), and how big is it?
Google is the operator on record. We hold 53 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 170 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Project BOSC (Lima)," updated July 23, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-bosc-lima-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/google-bosc-lima-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.Google confirmed as company behind $500m data center in Lima, Ohio · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 2.Google to Build Data Center in Lima, Ohio with $500 Million Capital Investment · Allen Economic Development Group · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 3.Allen County Data Center - Project Overview · Google / Allen County Data Center · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 4.Google officially behind data center project · The Lima News · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 5.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
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