Karis Plans Potential Data Center Project in Central Ohio
April 14, 2026
Karis Critical
Karis Critical's proposed data center project on 127 acres in Prairie Township, Ohio, remains strictly in a "land-banked" planning phase, with no formal development or construction application submitted to local authorities.
While the site is strategically located next to an AEP electric substation and 345kV high-voltage transmission lines, it faces heavy environmental opposition and community petition resistance due to its position within the ecologically protected Big Darby Watershed. Because regional zoning updates are stalled while state and municipal officials review the watershed's development limits, the infrastructure project is effectively on hold with no timeline for construction.
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| 3.75 miles | Kyndryl Columbus | |
| 5.12 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is constructing its third data center campus in Hilliard at the intersection of Scioto Darby Road and the Interstate 270 overpass.
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| 5.13 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is constructing its third data center campus in Hilliard at the intersection of Scioto Darby Road and the Interstate 270 overpass.
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| 5.40 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
The complex will comprise seven buildings for data center operations and an additional structure for security and utilities.
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| 5.41 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is constructing its third data center campus in Hilliard at the intersection of Scioto Darby Road and the Interstate 270 overpass.
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| 5.43 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is constructing its third data center campus in Hilliard at the intersection of Scioto Darby Road and the Interstate 270 overpass.
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| 5.48 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is constructing its third data center campus in Hilliard at the intersection of Scioto Darby Road and the Interstate 270 overpass.
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| 6.05 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's second data center campus in Hilliard, Ohio, is situated on a 104-acre site between Cosgray and Leppert roads.
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| 6.13 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This data center is a part of amazon's Cosgray Road Campus in Hilliard, Ohio.
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| 6.19 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This data center is a part of amazon's Cosgray Road Campus in Hilliard, Ohio.
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| 6.27 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This data center is a part of amazon's Cosgray Road Campus in Hilliard, Ohio.
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| 7.16 miles | Connect Data Centers: Hilliard, OH |
US involvement from Oppidan's Hilliard data center spans 89,954 sqft. Oppidan lists Connect Data Centers as a subsidiary.
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| 7.34 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 7.39 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 7.40 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 7.43 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 7.51 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
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| 7.55 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 8.88 miles | Expedient Upper Arlington |
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| 9.36 miles | Expedient Dublin (CMH2) |
Offering 29,000 square foot of total floor space, Expedient’s Dublin data center is powered by redundant electric utility power feeds and 4 auto-cutover diesel generators
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| 9.58 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is building a five-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. Amazon 6645 Crosby Ct facility would be the fourth building of the campus with an area of 152,945 sqft.
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| 9.64 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is building a five-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. Amazon 6655 Crosby Ct facility is the fourth building of the campus with an area of 152,945 sqft.
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| 9.72 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is building a five-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. Amazon 6665 Crosby Ct facility is the third building of the campus with an area of 152945 sqft.
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| 9.77 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is building a five-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. Amazon 6675 Crosby Ct facility is the second building of the campus with an area of 152945 sqft.
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| 9.83 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is building a five-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio.
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| 9.85 miles | DartPoints: Dublin, OH |
The facility was previously operated by Metro Data Center LLC before being acquired by Dartpoints in October 2020.
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| 9.94 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 10.27 miles | Lumen: 580 North 4th | |
| 10.28 miles | Crown Castle 101 E Town |
Crown Castle acquired Lightower in 2017
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| 10.32 miles | US Signal Columbus |
DC power w/battery backup available
Multiple diverse power feeds from utility grids |
| 10.32 miles | CENTRA: 180 East Broad (CMH01) | |
| 10.34 miles | Lumen: 266 North 5th | |
| 10.36 miles | Cogent: 240 North 5th | |
| 10.36 miles | Lumen: 226 North Fifth | |
| 10.36 miles | WOW! 226 N 5th |
WOW!'s Columbus datacenter was acquired in 2013 from Bluemile assets. The site offers 26,00sqft and can expand to 52,00 sqft.
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| 10.39 miles | CityNet Columbus | |
| 10.51 miles | Racksquared 325 E Spring St | |
| 10.72 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's $200 million data center campus is situated on 111 acres at the southwest corner of Warner Road and Industrial Parkway.
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| 10.80 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's $200 million data center campus is situated on 111 acres at the southwest corner of Warner Road and Industrial Parkway.
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| 10.86 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's $200 million data center campus is situated on 111 acres at the southwest corner of Warner Road and Industrial Parkway.
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| 10.93 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's $200 million data center campus is situated on 111 acres at the southwest corner of Warner Road and Industrial Parkway.
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| 10.98 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 11.94 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's Industrial Parkway Campus is situated on 98 acres at 8619 Industrial Parkway in Union County’s Jerome Township.
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| 12.02 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's Industrial Parkway Campus is situated on 98 acres at 8619 Industrial Parkway in Union County’s Jerome Township.
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| 12.04 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's Industrial Parkway Campus is situated on 98 acres at 8619 Industrial Parkway in Union County’s Jerome Township.
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| 12.11 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon's Industrial Parkway Campus is situated on 98 acres at 8619 Industrial Parkway in Union County’s Jerome Township.
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| 12.61 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This data center is part of Google's Lockbourne Campus in Ohio.
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| 12.76 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This data center is part of Google's Lockbourne Campus in Ohio.
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| 12.84 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
In March 2021, Columbus City Council approved $54.3 million in tax incentives to develop a data center on the former Hartman Farm site.
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| 12.90 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This data center is a part of Google's Lockbourne Campus in Ohio.
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| 13.07 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This data center is a part of Google's Lockbourne Campus in Ohio.
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| 13.95 miles | Racksquared 2560 Value Way | |
| 14.57 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
The Amazon.com subsidiary bought 234 acres at 9905 State Route 104 in Pickaway County, which is about 9 miles away from Rickenbacker International Airport.
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| 14.65 miles | Cologix COL3 | |
| 14.66 miles | Cologix Columbus COL1, COL2 |
COL1 (32,000sqft) and COL2 (20,000sqft) represent 2 phases of buildout in the same building.
Cologix entered the Columbus market in February of 2014 through an acquisition of DataCenter.BZ
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| 14.83 miles | Cologix Columbus COL4 |
Cologix is building COL4, a 256,000 square foot data center on 9 acres along Alta View and Worthington Woods boulevards in Ohio. This facility will offer 27 MW of capacity.
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| 15.31 miles | DataCanopy: Columbus | |
| 15.79 miles | eNET Columbus |
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| 16.30 miles | Expedient: Lewis Center (CMH3) |
Expedient data center Located at 281 E. Powell Road in Lewis Center township with The 102,000 sq ft (9,475 sqm) facility offers 3MW of initial power capacity that will be increased to 7.5 MW in the future.
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| 17.21 miles | Centersquare: Columbus CMH1 |
DCI Technology Holdings owns the building and is CenturyLink's landlord.
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| 17.21 miles | WeConnect Westerville |
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| 17.25 miles | Compass Groveport AEP II |
American Electric Power invested approximately $125 million into the data center on Hamilton Road
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| 17.96 miles | CeraNet Columbus | |
| 18.45 miles | Cologix: Columbus COL5 |
Cologix is constructing a 60,000-square-foot, AI-ready facility, COL5, in Columbus, Ohio.
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| 18.51 miles | Cologix: COL6 |
This planned facility is part of Cologix COL5 campus in Columbus.
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| 19.18 miles | EdgeConneX: Ashville, Ohio |
The proposed EdgeConneX data center project in Pickaway County, Ohio, involves the development of 680 acres of farmland in the village of Ashville.
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| 19.19 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Amazon is constructing a two building data center campus in Marysville, Ohio, potentially spanning 500,000 square feet.
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| 19.25 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Amazon's Marysville Campus in Ohio.
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| 19.69 miles | EdgeConneX: Ashville 2 |
Local officials in Ashville, Ohio, blocked the expansion of a proposed EdgeConneX data center in February 2026. Although the company owns an initial 200-acre plot, their request to annex an additional 490 acres was denied.
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