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Vantage Data Centers OH1

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Under constructionSupportedAI likelyRecord updated September 10, 2026

Vantage Data Centers OH1 is a data center under construction in Johnstown, Ohio (Licking County), operated by Vantage Data Centers. The public record puts it at 192 MW planned, 70 acres, a reported $2 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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

Under construction

Operator
Vantage Data Centers
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Johnstown, Licking County, OH
Coordinates
40.1010, -82.7464
Power capacity
192 MW planned
Land
70 acres
Investment
$2 billion
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
American Electric Power (AEP Ohio)
Power source
Grid
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
Supported
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. October 2024
    Under construction
    Groundbreaking October 25, 2024. First of three buildings targeted operational late 2025/December 2025; additional phases through 2028. Source: Vantage Data Centers

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Vantage Data Centers OH1 in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 10, 2026. New Albany Mayor Sloan Spalding and JobsOhio's Dave Brewster are quoted welcoming the project at its 2024-10-25 groundbreaking, alongside a New Albany City Council member and local economic-development/community-foundation figures.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

New Albany Mayor Sloan Spalding and JobsOhio's Dave Brewster are quoted welcoming the project at its 2024-10-25 groundbreaking, alongside a New Albany City Council member and local economic-development/community-foundation figures. No opposition or resident concerns documented. Checked: operator press release only.

Source

Power and water

Grid-only. Data Center Frontier: power for the 70-acre, 192MW (3x64MW) OH1 campus comes from a dedicated local 300 MVA N+1 AEP substation (delivered ~Q4 2024), with 'renewable energy sources and their development credits available above the meter', i.e., an optional REC/PPA-style overlay.

Notes on the record

3325 Horizon Court, Johnstown, Licking County section of the New Albany International Business Park. Vantage's first Midwest campus and seventh North American market. 3 buildings, 1.5M+ sq ft total, 192MW total planned IT capacity (not yet fully operational). LEED Silver target, part of Vantage's 2030 net-zero operational carbon commitment. Vantage's own press release states OH1 "will provide secure and reliable infrastructure for cloud technologies and artificial intelligence", real operator-stated AI-adjacent marketing (paired with "cloud," not an exclusive/GPU-specific claim), so tagged aiClassification: likely rather than confirmed.

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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Vantage Data Centers OH1 data center in Johnstown?

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Vantage Data Centers OH1 in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 10, 2026. New Albany Mayor Sloan Spalding and JobsOhio's Dave Brewster are quoted welcoming the project at its 2024-10-25 groundbreaking, alongside a New Albany City Council member and local economic-development/community-foundation figures.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Vantage Data Centers OH1 data center?

No lawsuit over Vantage Data Centers OH1 appears in the record we track as of September 10, 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 Vantage Data Centers OH1 use?

No water withdrawal figure for Vantage Data Centers OH1 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 Vantage Data Centers OH1, and how big is it?

Vantage Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 20 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 192 MW. The site is recorded at 70 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Vantage Data Centers OH1," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/vantage-oh1-new-albany-licking-county-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/vantage-oh1-new-albany-licking-county-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.Vantage Data Centers Breaks Ground on 192MW Campus, Enters Growing Ohio Data Center Market · Vantage Data Centers · retrieved July 10, 2026
  2. 2.Vantage breaks ground on New Albany data center in Ohio · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 10, 2026
  3. 3.Licking County parcel/GIS record (parcel 095-111756-00.009 (PID 96538)) · Licking County GIS / Assessor · retrieved July 18, 2026
  4. 4.Data Center Frontier, Vantage Data Centers Augments New Albany, Ohio Data Center Boom · retrieved July 24, 2026
  5. 5.Vantage Data Centers breaks ground on 192MW campus, enters growing Ohio data center market · retrieved September 10, 2026

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