Data center profile · New Albany, Licking County, Ohio (13360 Miller Rd NW)

AWS New Albany

Amazon's owner-occupied campus in New Albany, Ohio: a $3.5B, five-building plan on AEP Ohio grid power, already partly occupied and larger than planned.

Operating, expanding. The city's Feb. 2025 reports show construction starts in late 2024 and partial occupancy of many AWS buildings, well beyond the five-building plan the press described. No one on record states the campus's megawatts, and no Ohio air permit for it was found.
$3.5B
investment committed by 2030
on the first 83 acres of a 430-acre site; city agreement, Sept. 2023
430 acres
site size
bought late 2022
5 buildings
press plan, about 250,000 sq ft each
city records list more AWS buildings (press plan vs city report)
105 jobs
committed at full operation
about $9M a year in payroll (staff estimate)
OperatorAmazon Web Services (Amazon Data Services, Inc.)
CustomerAmazon itself (self-use)
Planned IT capacity770 MW at full build-out (our estimate)
First building in serviceIn service since Dec. 2024 (about 480 MW of IT capacity live, estimated)
Next deadline2030: City agreement's investment target of $3.5B by 2030
Power

Power and the grid

Energized, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. July 9, 2025
    Data-center tariff approved
    Ohio's utility commission approves AEP Ohio's tariff: new or expanding data centers over 25 MW pay for at least 85% of subscribed capacity, for up to 12 years. Amazon and Google lost their rehearing bid. News report · Oct. 2026
  2. Feb. 28, 2025
    Buildings already occupied
    The city lists partial occupancy of many AWS buildings, so grid power is flowing to the campus. see Permits

Grid upgrades

No grid upgrade for this campus's load is on record. Related grid records in the area:

Permits

Permits checklist

4 granted · 2 checked, nothing on file

The city is the zoning and permitting authority; the state utility commission only sets power tariffs.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$3.5B
investment promised by 2030
first 83 acres; city agreement Local government · Sept. 2023
$7.8B
Amazon's Central Ohio plan to 2029
announced June 2023; this campus is one part (press) News report · Oct. 2026
$21.8M
112-acre parcel bought in 2021
Beech Rd and Jug St corner (press) News report · April 2021
$1.6B
Ohio's 2025 cost of its sales-tax exemption
against a $136M forecast; statewide, not this campus (press) News report · Oct. 2026
$5.4M
land sale to the transmission utility, recorded Mar. 2026
Amazon Data Services to AEP Ohio Transmission Company (county deed records) County deed records · March 2026
$1.8B + $1.7B
press split of construction and IT equipment for this phase
Land assembly

5 recorded land documents for the campus company in county records (April 2020 to Dec. 2025); 5 list a price. 2 related-party transfers are shown greyed. 5 sales or conveyances by the campus company or to public bodies are not listed. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

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Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. April 20, 2020
    Money Land purchase recorded at $65,520: MBJ Holdings LLC to Amazon Data Services Inc (1 parcel) County deed records · April 2020
  2. Dec. 2020
    Money City council approves a 15-year property tax abatement for the 112-acre Beech and Jug parcel (press) News report · April 2021
  3. April 20, 2021
    Site Amazon buys 112 acres at Beech Road and Jug Street for about $21.8M (press) News report · April 2021
  4. Jan. 17, 2023
    Money Land purchase recorded at $116.7M: MBJ Holdings LLC to Amazon Data Services Inc County deed records · Jan. 2023
  5. June 26, 2023
    Money Ohio's governor announces Amazon will invest an estimated $7.8B in Central Ohio by 2029 News report · Oct. 2026
  6. Sept. 19, 2023
    Money City council adopts the tax abatement and water agreement for the $3.5B, five-building plan Local government · Sept. 2023
  7. Oct. 2024
    Construction Construction starts on Building E; Buildings A and F follow in Nov. 2024 Local government · Feb. 2025
  8. Feb. 24, 2025
    Permits Zoning appeals board grants a landscaping variance at 13360 Miller Road Local government · Feb. 2025
  9. Feb. 28, 2025
    Construction City partial-occupancy list shows many AWS buildings in use Local government · Feb. 2025
  10. July 9, 2025
    Power Ohio utility commission approves AEP Ohio's data-center tariff News report · Oct. 2026
  11. 2030
    Money Deadline for the $3.5B investment and 105 jobs under the city agreement Local government · Sept. 2023
The buildings

Specs

~250,000 sq ft
typical building; 1.25M sq ft planned across five
100% / 75%
property tax abatement in years 1 to 15 and 16 to 30
2014 state deal
statewide Amazon sales-tax exemption; no site-specific certificate was found
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This campus (footprint)
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74 ac
5121 Hayden Run Data Center
55 ac
5113 Hayden Run Data Center
54 ac
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner and operator
  • Amazon Data Services, Inc.: developer and owner
  • Amazon Web Services, Inc.: operator brand and self-use tenant
Decision-makers
  • City of New Albany: zoning, tax abatement and water agreement
  • Ohio Tax Credit Authority: state sales-tax exemption
Power
  • AEP Ohio: serving utility, regulated by Ohio's utility commission
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

93 records from 13 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, public and commercial datasets, state agency records and our own analysis, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 7Local government 3Dataset 2State agency 2Analysis 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (7)
  • Interconnection status: AEP Ohio service, energized; campus load sits inside AEP Ohio's PJM large-load forecast submissions, which since the 2026 forecast count only load with a signed LOA or take-or-pay ESA; no campus-l
    “In order for load additions to be included in the forecast they must have a signed LOA and/or ESA.”
  • Utility service: not stated
    “Negative searches of PUCO DIS, the OPSB case list, Ohio EPA eDoc and City of New Albany sources located no campus-specific contracted MW”
    grade B
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “Negative searches of the OPSB case list and Ohio EPA eDoc located no on-site generation project or air permit for this campus”
    grade B
  • Power plan: grid
    “will see new data centers pay for a minimum of 85 percent of the energy they say they need each month”
  • Utility: Ohio Power Company d/b/a AEP Ohio
    “American Electric Power's (AEP) recently approved rate structure for the data center sector”
  • PUCO approved AEP Ohio's data center tariff (Case 24-0508-EL-ATA): new or expanding data centers over 25 MW pay for a minimum of 85% of subscribed capacity, on terms up to 12 years, with exit fees and financial-viability
    “will see new data centers pay for a minimum of 85 percent of the energy they say they need each month”
  • PJM's approved B4068 baseline family (49 components, $2,767.96M - 51 line items across the Ohio and Indiana tables, with B4068.3/.4 cross-listed in both at identical cost; all required in-service 6/1/2030, TEAC 1/6/2026,
    “At West Millersport-Kirk 345 kV, rebuild 6.37-mile section of the double-circuit West Millersport-Kirk 345 kV circuit.”
Money and contracts (48)
  • State sales/use tax exemption (ORC 122.175): eligibility Eligible site: at least $100M capital investment at the project site over 3 consecutive calendar years (projects beginning in or after 2015) and at least $1.5M ann
    “make payments for a capital investment project of at least one hundred million dollars at the project site”
  • State sales/use tax exemption (ORC 122.175): noncompliance remedy On noncompliance the Tax Credit Authority may amend the agreement to reduce the exemption percentage or shorten the term; the statute provides no dollar c
    “the tax credit authority may amend the agreement to reduce the percentage of the exemption or term during which the exemption applies”
  • Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement: termination FINDING: not public - the executed CRA agreement text is not published by the city; termination, cancellation and clawback clauses could not be reviewed this pass
    “Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of the Community Reinvestment Area Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Data Services Inc”
  • Memorandum of Understanding (water/infrastructure): termination FINDING: not public - the MOU text is not published; no termination or default terms are public
    “Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of the Community Reinvestment Area Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Data Services Inc”
  • Amazon announced plans to invest an additional $10B in Ohio data center infrastructure; planned Ohio investment to surpass $23B by 2030 (portfolio context, not campus-specific)
    “Amazon announced plans to invest an additional $10 billion in Ohio to expand its data center infrastructure”
  • Amazon invested $6.2B in AWS data center infrastructure in Licking County 2015-2024 (~$1.4B GDP contribution; ~1,550 FTE jobs supported annually on average) and paid $3.1M in property taxes and fees in Licking County in
    “Between 2015-2024, Amazon invested $6.2 billion in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center infrastructure in Licking County”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 5433300 USD
    “Recorded: March 9, 2026 · Price: $5,433,300 · Grantor: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Grantee: AEP OHIO TRANSMISSION COMPANY INC · Parcel number: 095-111408-00.000 · Address: 3885 BEECH RD NW · City: NEW ALBANY”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 3840200 USD
    “Recorded: Dec. 18, 2025 · Price: $3,840,200 · Grantor: MBJ HOLDINGS LLC · Grantee: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Parcel number: 095-112248-00.000 · Address: 13757 MILLER RD NW · City: JOHNSTOWN”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Aug. 28, 2025 · Grantor: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Grantee: CITY OF NEW ALBANY · Parcel number: 095-111648-00.000 · Address: MILLER RD NW · City: JOHNSTOWN”
  • County code: Licking County, OH (39089)
    “Amazon invested $6.2 billion in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center infrastructure in Licking County”
  • Tenant status: committed (owner-occupied)
    “AWS's newest data center campus in New Albany has completed construction and staffing for two of its buildings”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 2406000 USD
    “Recorded: June 11, 2025 · Price: $2,406,000 · Grantor: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Grantee: BEECH AXIS LLC · Parcel number: 095-111870-00.001 · Address: 3922 BEECH RD NW · City: NEW ALBANY”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: April 3, 2025 · Grantor: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Grantee: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Parcel number: 095-111870-00.001 · Address: 3922 BEECH RD NW · City: NEW ALBANY”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 1742100 USD
    “Recorded: Feb. 13, 2025 · Price: $1,742,100 · Grantor: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Grantee: AEP OHIO TRANSMISSION COMPANY INC · Parcel number: 095-111648-00.000 · Address: MILLER RD NW · City: JOHNSTOWN”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Oct. 31, 2024 · Grantor: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Grantee: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Parcel number: 095-111648-00.000 · Address: MILLER RD NW · City: JOHNSTOWN”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 2374500 USD
    “Recorded: April 2, 2024 · Price: $2,374,500 · Grantor: MBJ HOLDINGS LLC · Grantee: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 1110600 USD
    “Recorded: Dec. 21, 2023 · Price: $1,110,600 · Grantor: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Grantee: OFFLO POWER COMPANY · Parcel number: 095-111618-04.000 · Address: BEECH RD NW · City: JOHNSTOWN”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 4523200 USD
    “Recorded: Nov. 2, 2023 · Price: $4,523,200 · Grantor: MBJ HOLDINGS LLC · Grantee: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Parcel number: 095-111870-00.000 · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
  • Campus name: AWS New Albany
    “Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of the Community Reinvestment Area Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Data Services Inc”
  • City: New Albany
    “Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of the Community Reinvestment Area Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Data Services Inc”
  • Investment committed: 3500000000 USD
    “support the investment of 3.5 billion dollar investment by 2030 on the 1st 83 acres of that development site”
  • Payroll committed: 9000000 USD/yr
    “with an estimated payroll of $9 million”
  • Building size typical: 250000 sq ft
    “Each data center in this phase of the project will occupy an estimated 250,000 square feet in building area”
  • Tenants: Amazon Web Services (self-use)
    “Manager of Public Policy for Amazon Web Services”
  • Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement: execution Authorized and approved for execution by Resolution R-41-2023, adopted Sept. 19, 2023 (6 present, all yes, 1 excused)
    “Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of the Community Reinvestment Area Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Data Services Inc”
  • Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement: incentive 100% real property tax abatement, years 1-15 (state Mega Project structure)
    “the CRA agreement includes a real property tax incentive, 100% for the 1st 15 years and 75% for the additional 15 years thereafter”
  • Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement: incentive 75% real property tax abatement, years 16-30
    “the CRA agreement includes a real property tax incentive, 100% for the 1st 15 years and 75% for the additional 15 years thereafter”
  • Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement: investment commitment 3500000000 USD
    “support the investment of 3.5 billion dollar investment by 2030 on the 1st 83 acres of that development site”
  • Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement: jobs commitment 105+ FTE at full operation (staff estimate); estimated payroll $9,000,000/yr
    “Once fully operational more than 105 full time employees”
  • Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement: minimum payment Annual minimum payment based on the city's revenue-generation-per-square-foot formula for data centers; the minimum payment is required for an additional 5 yea
    “the annual minimum payment will be required for an additional five years after the abatement expires on each qualified structure”
  • Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement: scope First 83 acres of the ~430-acre site purchased late 2022; each data center ~250,000 sq ft
    “3.5 billion dollar investment by 2030 on the 1st 83 acres of that development site”
  • Memorandum of Understanding (water/infrastructure): water commitment City memorializes commitments on the capacity of water allocated for the site and the dates water will be available to the site
    “memorializes our commitments on the capacity of water allocated for the site and the dates water will be available to the site”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 116653400 USD
    “Recorded: Jan. 17, 2023 · Price: $116,653,400 · Grantor: MBJ HOLDINGS LLC · Grantee: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 65520 USD
    “Recorded: April 20, 2020 · Price: $65,520 · Grantor: MBJ HOLDINGS LLC · Grantee: AMAZON DATA SERVICES INC · Parcel number: 095-111618-04.000 · Address: BEECH RD NW · City: JOHNSTOWN”
  • State sales/use tax exemption (ORC 122.175): execution / scope Statewide agreement signed 2014: 100% sales tax exemption on data center equipment, which could last through 2055; applies to Amazon data centers anywhere in
    “Amazon, under an affiliate called Vadata Inc., signed an agreement in 2014 for a full sales tax exemption that could last through 2055”
  • State sales/use tax exemption (ORC 122.175): value Initially estimated at $77 million in uncollected tax revenue (2014 estimate; statewide, uncapped)
    “That was initially estimated to cost Ohio $77 million in uncollected tax revenue”
  • coverage of this campus rests on the reported st
    “The tax credit authority has approved 19 active sales tax exemption agreements worth about $549 million at the time of signing”
  • Property tax abatement (Beech/Jug parcel): termination FINDING: not public - executed abatement text not published; termination/clawback clauses not reviewed
    “The company's intentions to buy the land was first reported in December when the city council agreed to the tax breaks”
  • Gov; DeWine, Lt; Gov; Husted and JobsOhio announced AWS will invest an estimated $7.8B by the end of 2029 to expand data center operations in Central Ohio
    “Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest an estimated $7.8 billion by the end of 2029 to expand its data center operations in Central Ohio”
  • Source record
    “The park now has 68 data center buildings that are either complete or under construction, covering 14.5 million square feet over more than 3,000 acres”
  • Context for the CRA minimum-payment clause: New Albany collects a data-center assessment based on property valuations at up to roughly three times the office price per square foot; $10M was collected park-wide last year
    “New Albany collects a special assessment from its data centers based on property valuations that can run as much as three times the price per square foot”
  • Press phase plan for the CRA phase: ~$1.8B construction and ~$1.7B IT equipment; construction reportedly 2025-2030. The city's own report shows actual construction starts in Oct/Nov 2024, ahead of the reported window
    “Around $1.8bn would go toward construction, with the remaining $1.7bn spent on IT equipment”
  • AEP Ohio Neighbor to Neighbor bill-assistance programme: data center firms committed $18M total; Amazon committed $2.5M (alongside Meta, QTS, SoftBank Energy and Google) - utility-relations context for Amazon's Ohio camp
    “Meta, which committed $2m per year over five years, QTS, which committed $1m per year over three years, Amazon, which committed $2.5m”
  • Buildings planned: 5 buildings
    “The five buildings would total 1.25 million square feet on 85 of 439 acres the company has bought along Beech and Miller roads”
  • Total sq ft planned: 1250000 sq ft
    “The five buildings would total 1.25 million square feet on 85 of 439 acres the company has bought along Beech and Miller roads”
  • Land acquisition: 112 acres at Beech Road NW / Jug Street (NE corner), ~$21.8M
    “Amazon has acquired a 112-acre plot of land to develop another data center just north of its 68-acre New Albany campus”
  • Property tax abatement (Beech/Jug parcel): incentive 15-year property tax abatement for the 112-acre Beech Road NW / Jug Street parcel, approved by City Council December 2020
    “The plot also comes with a 15-year property tax abatement approved by the New Albany City Council”
  • Announced: Nov. 2019
    “Back in November, DCD reported on AWS’s plans to build a $400m, 170,000 sq ft (16,000 sq m), data center in New Albany’s International Business Park.”
Permits and government (12)
  • Air permit status: No Ohio EPA air permit for this facility located
    “Ohio EPA eDoc facility search is JS-gated; no air permit for Amazon Data Services at the Beech/Miller site was retrieved this pass”
    grade B
  • air permit (PTI/PTO): not located (documented absence)
    “Ohio EPA eDoc facility search is JS-gated; no air permit for Amazon Data Services at the Beech/Miller site was retrieved this pass”
    grade B
  • OPSB certificate: none found / not applicable
    “Negative searches of the OPSB case list and Ohio EPA eDoc located no on-site generation project or air permit for this campus”
    grade B
  • zoning variance: approved
    “Variance to Business and Commercial L-GE zoning text section VI(B) to delay the installation of the required landscaping along adjacent residential use properties”
  • building construction: construction start
    “AWS, Building E; Location: Generally located at Beech and Jug; Square Footage: 256,305; Start Date: October 2024”
  • building construction: construction start
    “AWS, Building A; Location: Generally located at Miller and Beech; Square Footage: 251,265; Start Date: November 2024”
  • building construction: construction start
    “AWS, Building F; Location: Generally located at Miller and Beech; Square Footage: 6,933; Start Date: November 2024”
  • occupancy: partial occupancy
    “AWS, Building B; Location: Generally located at Jug and Harrison; Expiration Date: December 28, 2024”
  • New Albany Board of Zoning Appeals: Variance at 13360 Miller Road - delay of required landscaping installation (L-GE zoning text VI(B))
    “Variance to Business and Commercial L-GE zoning text section VI(B) to delay the installation of the required landscaping along adjacent residential use properties”
  • New Albany City Council: Resolution R-41-2023 - Community Reinvestment Area Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Data Services Inc.
    “Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of the Community Reinvestment Area Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Data Services Inc”
  • Ohio's data-center sales tax exemption (the ORC 122.175 programme behind the Vadata agreement) cost the state an estimated $1.6B in 2025 against a ~$136M forecast; a budget-bill provision to scrap the exemption for futur
    “Gov. Mike DeWine (R) vetoed the measure, but lawmakers have until the end of this year to override him”
  • New Albany City Council: Tax breaks for the 112-acre Beech Road NW / Jug Street parcel (15-year property tax abatement)
    “The company's intentions to buy the land was first reported in December when the city council agreed to the tax breaks”
Site and other (6)
  • Stage: operating (phased; expansion continuing)
    “AWS's newest data center campus in New Albany has completed construction and staffing for two of its buildings”
  • Address: 13360 Miller Rd NW, Johnstown, OH 43031
    “Location: 13360 Miller Road”
  • Land (acres): 430 acres
    “AWS purchased a 430 acre site in the business park in late 2022”
  • Jobs committed: 105 FTE
    “Once fully operational more than 105 full time employees”
  • Original target date: 2030
    “3.5 billion dollar investment by 2030 on the 1st 83 acres of that development site”
  • Water supply: City MOU commits allocated water capacity and availability dates for the site
    “memorializes our commitments on the capacity of water allocated for the site and the dates water will be available to the site”

Imagery and records: County deeds: ATTOM.