Data center profile · North of State Route 752 toward Weigand Road, Village of Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio

EdgeConneX Ashville

EdgeConneX's two-building data-center plan in Ashville, Ohio; an affiliate seeks state approval for a gas plant up to 800 MW; voter referendum Nov. 3, 2026.

Referendum pending. The village approved the development agreement framework 5-1 in April 2026, but the Ohio Supreme Court put a citizen referendum on it onto the Nov. 3 ballot. The on-site gas plant is still before the Ohio Power Siting Board, and nothing is built.
195 acres
in-village parcel for two data centers and the energy center
195.368 acres per the village resolution
Up to 800 MW
on-site gas plant PowerConneX is seeking to build
generation, not data-center load; earlier documents cited 200 MW; not permitted or built
$102M
community support EdgeConneX offered
village, township and schools; much of it contingent
Nov. 3, 2026
referendum on the village's approval
ordered onto the ballot by the Ohio Supreme Court
OperatorEdgeConneX (owned by EQT); affiliate PowerConneX would build and run the gas plant
CustomerNone named
Planned IT capacity492 MW at full build-out (our estimate)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next deadlineNov. 3, 2026: Village voters decide the referendum on the development agreement framework
Power

Power and the grid

None energized or contracted yet

PowerConneX Ashville Energy Center (on-site gas, behind the meter)Proposed, under state review
800 MW
up to 800 MW in the siting application; the village stipulation would cap output at 800 MW; earlier documents described a 200 MW turbine center; certificate and air permit pending News report · Aug. 2026
Proposed

Getting on the grid

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

  1. May 5, 2026
    Energy center plans filed
    PowerConneX files plans for an 800 MW gas-fired energy center to supply the data center (press). News report · May 2026
  2. Sept. 10, 2026
    State siting hearing
    The Ohio Power Siting Board holds the adjudicatory hearing in Case 26-0196-EL-BGN; no decision yet. see Permits
  3. Not set
    Grid utility: none named
    No grid utility or state utility commission service docket for the campus was found as of Oct. 2026. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

1 contested · 1 denied · 2 pending

State and village actions on record.

Risks

What could slow it down

Lawsuits

1 case on record

Money

Money on record

$102M
community support offered
plus a possible $74M tied to future annexation Local government · Feb. 2026
$64M
for Teays Valley schools
contingent on school-board support, a final siting permit and occupancy Local government · April 2026
$35M
escrow for water, sewer and road improvements
up to Local government · April 2026
$3.5M
first payment received by the village
Oct. 8, 2026: parks, pump station and engineering News report · Oct. 2026
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Feb. 2, 2026
    Permits Village council denies annexing about 400 acres of farmland for the project, 4-2 News report · Feb. 2026
  2. Feb. 26, 2026
    Money EdgeConneX's term summary offers up to $102M in community support Local government · Feb. 2026
  3. April 6, 2026
    Permits Council approves the development agreement framework 5-1 as an emergency measure Local government · April 2026
  4. May 5, 2026
    Power PowerConneX's plans for an 800 MW gas-fired energy center are reported News report · May 2026
  5. Aug. 7, 2026
    Legal Ohio Supreme Court rules the village could not refuse to certify the referendum petition Court filing · Aug. 2026
  6. Aug. 24, 2026
    Permits County elections board votes 4-0 to put the referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot News report · Aug. 2026
  7. Sept. 10, 2026
    Power State siting board holds its hearing on the gas plant Utility regulator · Sept. 2026
  8. Oct. 8, 2026
    Money Village receives a $3.5M payment from EdgeConneX weeks before the vote News report · Oct. 2026
  9. Oct. 12, 2026
    Permits A council attempt to repeal the resolution fails for lack of a second, keeping the referendum on the ballot News report · Oct. 2026
  10. Nov. 3, 2026
    Permits Referendum on the development agreement framework News report · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Since May 2026: 1 FAA filing (May 2026): a 340 ft crane. FAA · May 2026

The buildings

Specs

2 buildings
data centers, with ancillary buildings and infrastructure
Local government · April 2026
~110 acres
of the property for the gas plant (press)
News report · Aug. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • EdgeConneX Inc.: developer (owned by EQT)
  • PowerConneX, Inc.: affiliate applying for the gas plant
Decision-makers
  • Ashville Village Council
  • Ohio Power Siting Board
  • Ohio EPA: air permit
  • Village voters: Nov. 3 referendum
Beneficiaries
  • Village of Ashville, Harrison Township and Teays Valley Local School District: community support payments
Opponents
  • Teays Valley Community Alliance and residents: intervenors and referendum petitioners
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

55 records from 12 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, state agency records, utility regulator dockets and court filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 8Local government 1State agency 1Utility regulator 1Court filing 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 (5)
  • Project status: Proposed; site zoned Limited Industrial (data centers a permitted use under the 2024 zoning code); Development and Supply Agreement term summary approved Apr 6, 2026 but subject to a voter referendum on t
    “The Ohio Power Siting Board is reviewing the generating facility, while the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will separately consider its air permit.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • The Village of Ashville's joint stipulation in the OPSB case recommends 40+ conditions including an 800-megawatt output cap on the Energy Center. Basis: a stipulated cap on the generating facility's output as summarized
    “signed a joint stipulation recommending more than 40 conditions involving water, noise, air quality, traffic, emergency response and an 800-megawatt output cap”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Village Resolution 06-2026 (the development/supply framework) goes to a Nov 3, 2026 referendum: the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Aug 7, 2026 that the resolution's emergency declaration was improperly justified and ordered th
    “The project — two data center buildings and a natural-gas power plant on about 195 acres — is headed for a Nov. 3 referendum after the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a citizen petition challenging the village's approval onto the ballot.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer: EdgeConneX (data centers); PowerConneX (affiliated onsite generation company)
    “A related company, PowerConneX, is separately seeking Ohio Power Siting Board approval to build a natural gas-fired power plant of up to 800 megawatts on about 110 acres of the same property to supply the data centers”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: 800 MW
    “A related company, PowerConneX, is separately seeking Ohio Power Siting Board approval to build a natural gas-fired power plant of up to 800 megawatts on about 110 acres of the same property to supply the data centers”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (13)
  • development and supply agreement: community support total 102000000 USD
    “To memorialize the Company's offer of up to $102,000,000 in support to the Village, Harrison Township ("Township") and Teays Valley Local School District ("Teays Valley"), plus new community authority ("NCA") charges.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • development and supply agreement: infrastructure escrow 35000000 USD
    “up to $35,000,000 escrow for EPA-mandated water/sewer/road improvements”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • development and supply agreement: school payment 64000000 USD
    “$64,000,000 to Teays Valley contingent on school-board support + final OPSB permit + certificates of occupancy”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • development and supply agreement: fire department support 3000000 USD
    “up to $3,000,000 Township Fire Dept.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • development and supply agreement: tax abatement contingent 10000000 USD
    “then as compensation for a 15-year, [75%] CRA Agreement approved by Village, the Company will: (a) contribute $10,000,000 to the Township”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • development and supply agreement: grid connection evaluation
    “If the Energy Center connects to the electric grid, the Energy Center and Village will cooperate in good faith to evaluate connecting to the Village's municipal power utility”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Development and supply agreement (term summary): community support commitment 102000000 USD
    “To memorialize the Company's offer of up to $102,000,000 in support to the Village, Harrison Township ("Township") and Teays Valley Local School District ("Teays Valley"), plus new community authority ("NCA") charges.”
    Local government · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • EdgeConneX offer of up to $102 million in support to the Village, Harrison Township and Teays Valley, plus a possible additional $74 million tied to future annexation
    “To identify the possibility of an additional $74,000,000 to the Village, Township, and Teays Valley as compensation for future mutually agreed upon incentives”
    Local government · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • Press reports EdgeConneX 'seeking a 30-year full tax abatement' and a '$105 million to Teays Valley Schools over 15 years through the PILOT program' - neither figure appears in the filed term summary (which shows a conti
    “The company is also currently seeking a 30-year full tax abatement for the campus, located north of State Route 752 toward Weigand Road.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Company seeking a 30-year full tax abatement for the campus north of State Route 752 toward Weigand Road
    “The company is also currently seeking a 30-year full tax abatement for the campus, located north of State Route 752 toward Weigand Road.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Source record
    “The donation arrives weeks before Pickaway County voters decide the fate of the development agreement that would let EdgeConneX and an affiliated company build two data centers”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Village received a $3.5 million donation from EdgeConneX on Oct. 8, 2026 ($1M parks, $900k wastewater pump station, $1.6M South Metershed engineering)
    “The Village of Ashville received a $3.5 million donation from EdgeConneX Inc. on the morning of Oct. 8, the same company whose proposed data center development in the village is headed to a Nov. 3 referendum”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • EdgeConneX donated $3.5 million to the Village on Oct 8, 2026 for parks, wastewater pump station and South Metershed engineering
    “The Village of Ashville received a $3.5 million donation from EdgeConneX Inc. on the morning of Oct. 8”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (11)
  • Project identity: EdgeConneX data center, Village of Ashville, Pickaway County, OH - Pickaway County Parcel 01300350000100, approximately 195.368 acres within village limits, north of State Route 752 toward Weigand Road
    “The Company intends to obtain permits through the Village for authority to construct and operate two data center buildings (the "Data Center") with ancillary buildings and infrastructure on certain property within the Village”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Village of Ashville Council:
    “Jesse Burke-yay; Ron Teeters-yay; Jeremy Scoby-yay; Dave Rainey-yay; Darryl Glick-yay; Jeff Martin-no Adopted this the 6 th day of April, 2026”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Applicant is PowerConneX, Inc., an EdgeConneX affiliate. The Energy Center would: Application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (PowerConneX Ashville Energy Center, behind-the-meter natural
    “In the Matter of the Application of PowerConneX, Inc. for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Construct the PowerConneX Ashville Energy Center”
    Utility regulator · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • OE/AAA case for a 340-ft mobile crane filed as 'EDC CMH 11 and 12' at (39.73459,: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-7257-OE: EDC CMH 11 and 12, Mobile Crane, 340 ft AGL, 1040 ft AMSL, 39.73459,-82.96788, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-26”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • FAA OE/AAA records a 340-ft mobile crane filed as 'EDC CMH 11 and 12' (ASN 2026-AGL-7257-OE, submitted May 26, 2026) at the documented Ashville parcel area - EdgeConneX's filer designation at the campus's own site, and the
    “ASN 2026-AGL-7257-OE: EDC CMH 11 and 12, Mobile Crane, 340 ft AGL, 1040 ft AMSL, 39.73459,-82.96788, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-26”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • Ohio EPA will separately consider the project's air permit; no permit number or : Air permit - to be considered separately
    “The Ohio Power Siting Board is reviewing the generating facility, while the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will separately consider its air permit.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Ohio EPA considers the generating facility's air permit separately from the OPSB: Air permit for the Ashville Energy Center under separate Ohio EPA consideration (no permit number or decision in retrieved sources)
    “The Ohio Power Siting Board is reviewing the generating facility, while the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will separately consider its air permit.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Referendum on Resolution 06-2026 stays on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot: a later repeal resolution (16-2026) failed for lack of a second in October 2026; petition drive gathered 669 valid signatures vs 498 required
    “The council member said the village's referendum on Resolution 06-2026 will remain on the Nov. 3 ballot after a later repeal resolution failed for lack of a second.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Onsite natural-gas generation facility of up to 800 MW on about 110 acres of the: Application under review (PowerConneX Ashville Energy Center)
    “The village has intervened in the siting case and signed a joint stipulation recommending more than 40 conditions involving water, noise, air quality, traffic, emergency response and an 800-megawatt output cap.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Pickaway County Board of Elections:
    “The Pickaway County Board of Elections voted 4-0 Monday night to allow a referendum on Ashville's data center development agreement to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot, according to the advocacy group that organized the petition drive.”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Village of Ashville Council:
    “By a 4-2 vote, council members denied the annexation of approximately 400 acres of farmland sought in connection with the EdgeConneX data center project.”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Resident referendum to overturn Resolution 06-2026 will appear on the Nov 3 ballot after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled the emergency declaration was improperly justified
    “Residents opposed to the project gathered signatures for a referendum petition anyway, and the dispute reached the Ohio Supreme Court, which ruled Aug. 7 that the emergency declaration was improperly justified”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (4)
  • County code: 39129
    “currently Pickaway County Parcel Number 01300350000100 consisting of approximately 195.368 acres”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Data center buildings: 2
    “construct and operate two data center buildings (the "Data Center") with ancillary buildings and infrastructure”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Village administrator said the company was working to annex part of the land, with construction ideally starting in spring of the following year
    “Village administrator Bert Cline told WBNS that the company was currently working to annex part of the land, with construction ideally starting in spring of next year.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Residents cited increased utility bills, noise pollution and environmental impact
    “Residents have expressed their displeasure with the potential data center, citing concerns about increased utility bills, noise pollution, and their environmental impact.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C