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Google Lancaster Data Center

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OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated July 25, 2026

Google Lancaster Data Center is an operating data center in Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced May 2023, 120 acres.

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

Operating

Operator
Google
Facility type
Data center
Location
Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH
Coordinates
39.7206, -82.6884
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
120 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
May 2023
Utility
South Central Power Company
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
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. 2024
    Operating
    First building completed and operational in 2024; additional buildings still under construction as of mid-2025. Source: Construction Review Online
  2. May 2023
    Under construction
    Groundbreaking May 4, 2023, announced alongside a separate Columbus, OH site as part of Google's "two new data centers in central Ohio." Source: Construction Dive
  3. August 2021
    Proposed
    120 acres at 105 Whiley Rd purchased for ~$4M as part of a larger 618-acre Columbus+Lancaster land bank. Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of July 25, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Google Lancaster Data Center in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Notes on the record

105 Whiley Rd, Lancaster, distinct from Google's New Albany and Lima "Project BOSC" Ohio facilities. No site-specific investment figure is disclosed; Google has only published cumulative bundled totals across its New Albany+Lancaster+Columbus Ohio campuses ($1.7B Aug 2023, +$2.3B June 2024, ~$4.4B+ cumulative since 2019). No IT-load MW figure publicly disclosed. One 2024 article notes future buildings will "support Google's artificial intelligence innovation," but this is generic AI-as-one-of-many-workloads boilerplate rather than facility-specific AI/HPC/GPU marketing, no aiClassification set. Coordinates are an approximate geocode.

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
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
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.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

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 Google Lancaster Data Center in Lancaster?

Nothing on record as of July 25, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Google Lancaster Data Center in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google Lancaster Data Center?

No lawsuit over Google Lancaster Data Center appears in the record we track as of July 25, 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 Lancaster Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Google Lancaster Data Center is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Google Lancaster Data Center, 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 120 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Lancaster Data Center," updated July 25, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-lancaster-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-lancaster-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.Google Data Centers, Ohio · Google · retrieved July 10, 2026
  2. 2.Google plans $1bn New Albany data center expansion, acquires 618 acres for more data centers · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 10, 2026
  3. 3.Google plans 2 new data centers in Ohio: Columbus, Lancaster · Construction Dive · retrieved July 10, 2026
  4. 4.Google constructing 2 new data centers in Ohio · Construction Review Online · retrieved July 10, 2026
  5. 5.Fairfield County parcel/GIS record (parcel 0571000200) · Fairfield County GIS / Assessor · retrieved July 18, 2026
  6. 6.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  7. 7.NBC4 WCMH, Google announces two new data centers in central Ohio · retrieved July 25, 2026

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