Data Center Registry
Project Dazzler
Franklin Furnace, Scioto County, Ohio · All 53 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker
Project Dazzler is a permitted data center in Franklin Furnace, Ohio (Scioto County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at 792 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Franklin Furnace, Scioto County, OH
- Coordinates
- 38.6800, -82.7200 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 792 acres
- Investment
- $1 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- AEP Ohio
- 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
- In litigation
- 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 6, 2026Permitted792-acre site east of the Ohio River; Ohio EPA wetlands permit administratively complete March 2026; 500,000 sq ft phase 1, up to 1.7M sq ft total. Source: Data Center Dynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Project Dazzler in Franklin Furnace, Scioto County, Ohio is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. A Scioto County resident sued the county commissioners in Common Pleas Court alleging Ohio Open Meetings Act violations (closed executive sessions) in negotiating the Community Reinvestment Area tax agreement tied to the Google project; the suit followed documented resident pushback at a township meeting.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.
A Scioto County resident sued the county commissioners in Common Pleas Court alleging Ohio Open Meetings Act violations (closed executive sessions) in negotiating the Community Reinvestment Area tax agreement tied to the Google project; the suit followed documented resident pushback at a township meeting.
Notes on the record
792-acre site in Green Township, east of the Ohio River. 500,000 sq ft phase 1, up to 1.7M sq ft total. Ohio EPA wetlands permit ('Project Dazzler') administratively complete March 2026; 75%/15-year tax abatement. Distinct from other tracked Google Ohio sites (Lancaster, Project BOSC-Lima, New Albany).
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
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.
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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.
- Hanging Rock / Haverhill Data Center · Hanging Rock · Strata Expense (backed by Supermicro + Ravel)8 mi · Under construction · Contested
- TeraWulf Muskie Data Campus (EastPark) · Ashland · TeraWulf19 mi · Proposed · 1 GW · Mixed reception
- Alpha Technologies Huntington Headquarters Data Center · Huntington · Alpha Technologies24 mi · Under construction
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Project Dazzler data center in Franklin Furnace?
Yes. Project Dazzler in Franklin Furnace, Scioto County, Ohio is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. A Scioto County resident sued the county commissioners in Common Pleas Court alleging Ohio Open Meetings Act violations (closed executive sessions) in negotiating the Community Reinvestment Area tax agreement tied to the Google project; the suit followed documented resident pushback at a township meeting.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Dazzler data center?
Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.
How much water does Project Dazzler use?
No water withdrawal figure for Project Dazzler 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 Project Dazzler, 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 792 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Dazzler," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-project-dazzler-franklin-furnace-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-project-dazzler-franklin-furnace-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 500,000 sq ft data center in Scioto County, Ohio · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 2.Scioto County data center moves closer to construction as key environmental permit clears state review · Scioto Valley Guardian · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
- 4.Scioto County Daily News, "Commissioners Respond to Open Meetings Lawsuit Over Data Center" · retrieved July 26, 2026
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