Data center profile · New Albany, Licking County, Ohio (about 30 acres; no parcel published)

EdgeConneX PCX III (New Albany)

450 MW gas plant (state filing) to power EdgeConneX data centers off-grid in New Albany, Ohio; siting certificate pending (hearings Oct. 22, Nov. 4, 2026).

Awaiting state permit. The Ohio Power Siting Board has not granted the certificate; the public hearing is Oct. 22, 2026 and the evidentiary hearing Nov. 4, 2026. An air permit application is filed with no permit number yet, and EdgeConneX targets power as early as Q4 2027.
450 MW
on-site gas generation (state filing, Sept. 16, 2026)
the earlier company letter of May 12, 2026 said up to 430 MW
430 MW
earlier company figure (letter, May 12, 2026)
superseded by the 450 MW state filing
30 engines
gas reciprocating engines per the air permit application (press)
about 30 acres
Q4 2027
earliest commercial operation (company)
if the certificate is granted
OperatorPowerConneX, Inc. (EdgeConneX power affiliate; EQT-owned)
CustomerEdgeConneX's own data centers on the same site; no outside tenant
Planned IT capacity277 MW at full build-out (our estimate from on-site generation)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2028 (range 2027 to 2031); company says 2027.
Next deadlineOct. 22, 2026: State local public hearing at New Albany High School, 6 p.m.; evidentiary hearing follows Nov. 4, 2026
Power

Power and the grid

None energized or contracted yet

On-site natural gas engines (behind the meter)Pending state certificate
450 MW
generation capacity per the state filing dated Sept. 16, 2026; company letter of May 12, 2026 said 430 MW; not yet certified Utility regulator · Sept. 2026
Proposed

Getting on the grid

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

  1. April 14, 2026
    Pre-application letter
    The company notifies the state of a 430 MW plant on about 30 acres next to a planned data center (press). News report · April 2026
  2. July 24, 2026
    Siting application filed
    PowerConneX files for a certificate on the standard review track. Company · Oct. 2026
  3. Sept. 16, 2026
    State hearings noticed
    The siting board's notice gives the capacity as 450 MW, behind the meter, and sets hearings for Oct. 22 and Nov. 4. Utility regulator · Sept. 2026
  4. Not set
    Gas pipeline still required
    A new 24-mile, 24-inch gas pipeline is reported as needed to feed the plant (press); no gas supplier is on record. News report · July 2026

What is next door

campus1.15 km · 345 kV+ line2.79 km · 345 kV+ substationcampus1.15 km · 345 kV+ line2.79 km · 345 kV+ substation

Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026

Permits

Permits checklist

2 pending · 1 granted · 2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup or on-site generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$1.75B CPP Investments commitment to EdgeConneX build-out (July 2026, press) (platform-level capital; no project financing disclosed). News report · July 2026

Not on record: cost of the plant: not disclosed, no figure in the filings opened Company · Oct. 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Feb. 4, 2025
    Paper trail Powerconnex, Inc. registered in Ohio
  2. April 14, 2026
    Permits Company files a pre-application letter for a 430 MW gas plant in New Albany (press). News report · April 2026
  3. May 12, 2026
    Permits Company letter gives up to 430 MW on about 30 acres, with operations as early as Q4 2027. Company · May 2026
  4. June 2, 2026
    Permits Second public information meeting is held in New Albany. Company · May 2026
  5. July 24, 2026
    Permits PowerConneX files its certificate application with the Ohio Power Siting Board. Company · Oct. 2026
  6. Sept. 16, 2026
    Permits State notice sets hearings and states the capacity as 450 MW. Utility regulator · Sept. 2026
  7. Sept. 23, 2026
    Site Save Ohio Parks and Free Press start testimony workshops against the plant (press). News report · Sept. 2026
  8. Oct. 22, 2026
    Permits Local public hearing for sworn public testimony. Utility regulator · Sept. 2026
  9. Nov. 4, 2026
    Permits Evidentiary hearing; the Board decides afterward. Utility regulator · Sept. 2026
  10. End of 2027
    Power Earliest commercial operation, Q4 2027 (company), if certified. Company · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since June 2026: 2 FAA filings (June 2026 to Aug. 2026).

FAA filings
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 1. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

~30 acres the plant site, next to the data center it serves. Company · May 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • EdgeConneX (owned by EQT Infrastructure): developer and power consumer
  • PowerConneX, Inc.: applicant and proposed plant owner-operator
Decision-makers
  • Ohio Power Siting Board: certificate
  • Ohio EPA: air permit-to-install
Counsel
  • Dickinson Wright PLLC: applicant's counsel
Opponents
  • Save Ohio Parks
  • Free Press
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

113 records from 19 documents

Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, utility regulator dockets, business registries, company statements, state agency records, securities filings and court filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 10Dataset 3Utility regulator 2Company 2State agency 2SEC filing 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 (36)
  • On-site generation: 450 MW
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide "behind-the-meter" power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Interconnection status: Behind-the-meter by design - no utility supply contract: the campus is to be powered by the on-site PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center (450 MW, OPSB Case 26-361-EL-BGN), whose application is i
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide "behind-the-meter" power to a data center located on the same site”
  • generator interconnection request (state siting certificate, BTM plant): application in adjudication - local public hearing Oct 22, 2026 and evidentiary hearing Nov 4, 2026 scheduled (OPSB notice Sep 16, 2026); no certif
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide "behind-the-meter" power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 1.15 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 2.79 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide behind-the-meter power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Utility service: not stated
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide behind-the-meter power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Stated campus size: not stated
    “The facility will be sited on approximately 30 acres and have a maximum total generating capacity of up to ~430 Megawatt”
  • On-site generation: 450 MW
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide "behind-the-meter" power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Name: PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts”
  • Developer: EdgeConneX (applicant: PowerConneX, Inc.)
    “The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) will hold a local public hearing regarding PowerConneX, Inc's proposal to construct a natural gas-fired electric generation facility in New Albany, Ohio”
  • County: Licking County
    “OPSB schedules local hearing for proposed natural gas power plant in Licking County”
  • City: New Albany
    “proposal to construct a natural gas-fired electric generation facility in New Albany, Ohio”
  • On-site generation: 450 MW
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide behind-the-meter power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Power plan: onsite
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide behind-the-meter power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Utility: none (behind-the-meter; no utility supply contract)
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide behind-the-meter power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Interconnection status: none, behind-the-meter, not grid-connected
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide behind-the-meter power to a data center located on the same site”
  • Jurisdiction preemption: OPSB (state) holds siting jurisdiction over the generation facility as a major utility facility under ORC 4906; the certificate, if granted, preempts local zoning for the plant
    “The Ohio Power Siting Board reviews applications for the construction of major utility facilities in Ohio”
  • Construction stage: none - pre-construction, OPSB adjudication stage: second public information meeting held Jun 2, 2026; application filed within 90 days of it; OPSB local public hearing Oct 22, 2026 and evidentiary hea
    “PowerConneX anticipates filing its application with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) within 90 days of the second public information meeting”
  • Utility: none - behind-the-meter self-supply from the on-site gas plant; no utility supply contract found
    “The purpose of the facility is to provide power using natural gaspowered equipment that will serve as a primary source of electricity to a data center on the same site”
  • On-site generation: 430 MW
    “The facility will be sited on approximately 30 acres and have a maximum total generating capacity of up to 430 megawatts”
  • Site identity: PCX III = PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center, OPSB Case No. 26-361-EL-BGN (New Albany, Licking County OH). DISTINCT from PowerConneX II / New Albany Energy Center (OPSB 25-302-EL-BGN, construction star
    “OPSB’s case number for the project is 26-361-EL-BGN”
  • Operator: PowerConneX, Inc. (proposed owner-operator of the energy center)
    “The Project is a natural gas-powered electric generation facility being proposed by PowerConneX, Inc. to be located in New Albany, Licking County, Ohio”
  • On-site generation: 430 MW
    “The facility will be sited on approximately 30 acres and have a maximum total generating capacity of up to 430 megawatts”
  • OPSB local public hearing on the PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center set for Oct 22, 2026 at New Albany High School, with the evidentiary hearing Nov 4, 2026
    “A hearing on another proposed power plant, the "PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center," case number 26-361-EL-BGN is scheduled for 6 p.m. the next day, Oct. 22, at New Albany High School”
  • Generating units on the permit: 30 units
    “EdgeConneX is using fleets of reciprocating internal combustion engines — like enormous gas car engines — 30 for PowerConneX III.”
  • Aliases: PowerConneX III; PCX III; New Albany North; New Albany North Campus Energy Center
    “PowerConneX III (also called New Albany North)”
  • On-site power technology: natural gas reciprocating internal combustion engines
    “Instead, EdgeConneX is using fleets of reciprocating internal combustion engines — like enormous gas car engines — 30 for PowerConneX III”
  • Generating units on the permit: 30 engines
    “Instead, EdgeConneX is using fleets of reciprocating internal combustion engines — like enormous gas car engines — 30 for PowerConneX III”
  • Opposition: Organized opposition (Save Ohio Parks, Free Press) running testimony workshops ahead of the Oct 22, 2026 OPSB local hearing
    “Please join us in telling the Ohio Power Siting Board not to approve them”
  • Save Ohio Parks and Free Press run a testimony campaign and workshops (Sep 22, Sep 29, Oct 15, Oct 22, 2026) against PCX III and the NEO plant, citing the air permit application's emissions
    “Two major new gas combustion plants have been proposed to power data centers at the New Albany Business Park in Licking County”
  • Gas lateral: new 24-mile, 24-inch natural gas pipeline reported as required to feed the plant
    “If approved, it would require a new 24-mile, 24-inch natural gas pipeline to be constructed to feed the plant”
  • Gas supplier: not stated
    “If approved, it would require a new 24-mile, 24-inch natural gas pipeline to be constructed to feed the plant”
  • A new 24-mile, 24-inch natural gas pipeline is reported as required to feed PCX III, a material gating item beyond the certificate itself
    “If approved, it would require a new 24-mile, 24-inch natural gas pipeline to be constructed to feed the plant”
  • Announced: April 2026
    “the firm submitted a pre-application notification letter with the Ohio Power Siting Board, setting out plans for a 430MW natural gas-fired facility”
  • PCX III pre-application first reported: 430 MW gas plant on ~30 acres adjacent to a planned data center site; construction from 2026, commercial operations Q4 2027
    “the firm submitted a pre-application notification letter with the Ohio Power Siting Board, setting out plans for a 430MW natural gas-fired facility”
Money and contracts (14)
  • Tenants: not stated
    “serve as a primary source of electricity to data centers on the same site”
  • Tenant status: none named, owner-occupied / affiliate self-supply model
    “serve as a primary source of electricity to data centers on the same site”
  • behind-the-meter power supply (affiliate self-supply): scope Plant output is dedicated behind-the-meter to data centers on the same site; no ESA, PPA, or interconnection agreement is filed in the public record, supply i
    “serve as a primary source of electricity to data centers on the same site”
  • OPSB Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (Case 26-361-EL-BGN): scope Certificate sought for a natural gas-fired electric generation facility with maximum total generating capacity of 450 MW, supply
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts and provide behind-the-meter power to a data center located on the same site”
  • OPSB Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (Case 26-361-EL-BGN): conditions FINDING: no conditions of approval exist to capture, the certificate had not been granted as of Oct. 18, 2026; conditions att
    “During the evidentiary hearing, the applicant, OPSB staff, and intervening parties will offer expert testimony and evidence regarding the proposed project”
  • OPSB Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (Case 26-361-EL-BGN): termination FINDING: no termination or cancellation clause exists to capture, no certificate or contract has been executed for this c
    “The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) will hold a local public hearing regarding PowerConneX, Inc's proposal to construct a natural gas-fired electric generation facility”
  • Tenant status: none found - EdgeConneX consumes the power at its own data center on the same site (the PowerConneX/EdgeConneX affiliate model used at PCX I and PCX II); no third-party tenant is named
    “The purpose of the facility is to provide power using natural gaspowered equipment that will serve as a primary source of electricity to a data center on the same site”
  • behind-the-meter power supply (affiliate self-supply): termination FINDING: no written power-supply agreement, and therefore no termination, minimum-bill, take-or-pay, or exit terms, for PCX III appears in any source o
    “PowerConneX New Albany, LLC, will construct and operate the generation facility, and its affiliate EdgeConneX, Inc., will consume the electric power generated”
  • Incentives: not stated
    “EdgeConneX (New Albany): The global data center operator will open a new multi-phase campus in New Albany... The project received a 50% Data Center Tax Exemption for 10 years”
  • local development agreement / incentives: scope FINDING: no development agreement, abatement, TIF, or CRA agreement for the New Albany North campus appears in sources opened; the Ohio data-center tax exemption reported f
    “The project received a 50% Data Center Tax Exemption for 10 years and is expected to create 32 jobs and $4 million in new annual payroll”
  • Financing: not stated
    “CPP Investments to pump $1.75 billion into EQT and EdgeConneX's AI data center build-out”
  • CPP Investments committed $1.75B (Jul 2026) to EQT’s EdgeConneX build-out program - platform-level capital behind the PCX program (not project-specific financing)
    “In July 2026, CPP Investments announced it would invest an initial $1.75bn to accelerate EdgeConneX’s build-out of new data centers”
  • CPP Investments commits $1.75B to the EQT/EdgeConneX AI data-center build-out, platform-level capital only; no PCX III project financing disclosed
    “CPP Investments to pump $1.75 billion into EQT and EdgeConneX's AI data center build-out”
  • natural gas supply / pipeline: scope A new 24-mile, 24-inch natural gas pipeline is reported as required to feed the plant; supplier, pipeline owner, and any pipeline siting docket are not named in sources opened, FINDI
    “If approved, it would require a new 24-mile, 24-inch natural gas pipeline to be constructed to feed the plant”
Permits and government (20)
  • Registry status: PCX III (New Albany 3) is in active state review: OPSB Case 26-361-EL-BGN (local hearing Oct. 22, 2026, evidentiary hearing Nov. 4, 2026
    “Additional information regarding the proposed facility is available on the OPSB website at www.OPSB.ohio.gov in case number 26-361-EL-BGN”
  • OPSB certificate of environmental compatibility and public need: application for certificate filed
    “The project filed its application with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) on July 24, 2026”
  • Application for OPSB certificate filed (Case 26-361-EL-BGN)
    “The project filed its application with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) on July 24, 2026”
  • Stage: announced only, OPSB certificate pending; local hearing Oct 22, 2026 and evidentiary hearing Nov 4, 2026 scheduled
    “An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4, 2026, at 10 a.m., at the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio”
  • OPSB certificate of environmental compatibility and public need: local public hearing scheduled for Oct. 22, 2026
    “The hearing is scheduled for: Oct. 22, 2026, at 6 p.m. New Albany High School 7600 Fodor Road New Albany, Ohio 43054”
  • OPSB certificate of environmental compatibility and public need: evidentiary (adjudicatory) hearing scheduled for Nov. 4, 2026
    “An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4, 2026, at 10 a.m., at the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215”
  • OPSB certificate of environmental compatibility and public need: certificate decision, PENDING
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts”
  • OPSB notices local public hearing (Oct 22, 2026) and evidentiary hearing (Nov 4, 2026); states the as-filed capacity as 450 MW
    “The proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center would have a maximum total generating capacity of 450 megawatts”
  • Ohio Power Siting Board, local public hearing (Case 26-361-EL-BGN): Sworn public testimony on the proposed PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center, New Albany High School, 7600 Fodor Road, New Albany; 6:00 p.m. SCHEDULED
    “The hearing is scheduled for: Oct. 22, 2026, at 6 p.m. New Albany High School 7600 Fodor Road New Albany, Ohio 43054”
  • Ohio Power Siting Board, evidentiary (adjudicatory) hearing (Case 26-361-EL-BGN): Expert testimony and evidence from the applicant, OPSB staff, and intervening parties; Public Utilities Commission of Ohio offices, 180 E
    “An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4, 2026, at 10 a.m., at the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio”
  • FAA OE/AAA aeronautical study: Determined - No Hazard
    “type Mobile Crane; STATUS=Determined - No Hazard”
    FAA · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA OE/AAA aeronautical study: Determined - No Hazard
    “type Commercial Use Building; STATUS=Determined - No Hazard”
    FAA · June 2026 · grade B
  • OPSB certificate of environmental compatibility and public need: second public information meeting held (statutory pre-application step)
    “PowerConneX has scheduled a second public information meeting on June 2, 2026”
  • OPSB certificate of environmental compatibility and public need: OPSB staff report due (statutory: not less than five days before the local hearing)
    “Not less than five days prior to the public hearing, OPSB's staff will submit a written report on the project”
  • OPSB staff report statutory due date (five days before the local hearing) passes with the DIS docket unreachable by this fetcher, report contents and proposed conditions unverified
    “Not less than five days prior to the public hearing, OPSB's staff will submit a written report on the project”
  • PowerConneX, Inc. (applicant public information meeting #2): PowerConneX New Albany 3 Energy Center project presentation, open-house poster board session, Brick House Blue New Albany - Water's Edge, 7775 Walton Parkway
    “PowerConneX has scheduled a second public information meeting on June 2, 2026”
  • Permit-To-Install application (air): Application filed; under review
    “According to its air permit application, PowerConneX III has the potential every year to produce: 2,026,706 tons of greenhouse gas pollution”
  • Columbus Dispatch / Newark Advocate coverage of the divided NEO hearing previews the PCX III hearing: '450-megawatt plant on approximately 30 acres' serving a same-site data center
    “That 450-megawatt plant on approximately 30 acres would serve as a primary source of electricity to a data center on the same site”
  • Air Permit-to-Install (PTI): air permit application submitted (PTI number not yet public in sources opened)
    “According to its air permit application, PowerConneX III has the potential every year to produce: 2,026,706 tons of greenhouse gas pollution”
  • OPSB certificate of environmental compatibility and public need: pre-application notification letter submitted
    “the firm submitted a pre-application notification letter with the Ohio Power Siting Board, setting out plans for a 430MW natural gas-fired facility”
Legal (1)
  • Opsb case number: 26-361-EL-BGN
    “Additional information regarding the proposed facility is available on the OPSB website at www.OPSB.ohio.gov in case number 26-361-EL-BGN”
Site and other (5)
  • County code: 39089
    “FCC census block find for latitude 40.102222 longitude -82.71533 returned County FIPS 39089, name Licking County”
  • Construction stage: not stated
    “It is anticipated that preparation of the site will begin in 2026. The project anticipates reaching commercial operations as early as Q4 2027”
  • Current target date: 2027-Q4
    “The project anticipates reaching commercial operations as early as Q4 2027”
  • Acres: 30 acres
    “The facility will be sited on approximately 30 acres”
  • Original target date: 2027-Q4
    “Construction is anticipated to begin as early as 2026, resulting in commercial operations as early as in the fourth quarter of 2027”