AEP: Groveport

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AEP: Groveport

Year Built: 2019
Utility Provider: AEP Ohio
Ownership: American Electric Power owns the building.
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AEP's Groveport data center is a Tier III backup and disaster-recovery facility on South Hamilton Road in Groveport, southeast of Columbus. Compass Datacenters built it for AEP as a second facility, after building AEP's primary data center in New Albany in 2015. AEP invested about $125 million in the project.

Site History

  • In 2019, AEP's Ohio Power Company took title to the site.
  • In July 2018, Compass Datacenters agreed to build a second data center facility for AEP.

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The second AEP facility under construction in Groveport OH
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AEP is a publicly traded electric utility holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Its operating companies, including AEP Ohio, deliver electricity to customers in 11 states, and it operates a large interstate transmission network.

AEP Ohio serves much of central Ohio, including the New Albany data center cluster. AEP also operates its own data center in the New Albany International Business Park.

American Electric Power History:

  • In July 2025, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved AEP Ohio's tariff for large new data center loads.
  • In March 2015, Compass Datacenters completed AEP's data center in New Albany, Ohio.
  • Founded in 1906 in New York City.
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