Amazon plans to open its first data centers outside central Ohio. Here's where those centers may go and when construction will start.

Amazon bought hundreds of acres of land in Ohio to build a massive data center. Are server farms and data centers different? Let's take a look.

Amazon bought hundreds of acres of land in Ohio to build a massive data center. Are server farms and data centers different? Let's take a look.

News about large data centers coming to Ohio and the Columbus area seems to never stop, but how many data centers do we have compared to other states?

Amazon Data Services reportedly bought 243 acres of land for $60.2 million and another 346 acres for nearly $42.2 million.

According to Data Center Map, there are 173 data centers in Ohio, 106 of which are in Columbus. The economic impact of these data centers has been widely discussed,

Did you know Ohio is a data hub for major companies like Google and Meta? Within the next two years, it will also become home to more data centers for companies like Microsoft and Amazon.

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The Fayette County site, which will be the company's first data center site outside of central Ohio, is expected to create more than 100 Amazon jobs and support thousands of others across supply ...

Amazon purchased around 590 acres of land in northwest Fayette County for $102.4 million, part of a $5 billion investment into Jefferson Township. According to records from the Fayette County auditor,

Amazon has acquired 590 acres in Jefferson Township, Ohio, for a data center campus. The Record Herald reports Amazon Data Services, Inc. purchased 589.843 acres in Jefferson Township for just over $102 million last month. The company acquired two parcels of land from the Martin Land Co.

Ohio Consumers' Counsel attorney Bill Michael's line of questioning on Tuesday suggested companies like Amazon, Meta and Microsoft can afford to pay their fair share, when it comes to purchasing electricity.