Amazon Web Services
Franklin County, OH
Source: OpenStreetMap
Amazon Web Services is a mapped data center in Franklin County, OH, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc. and ultimately owned by Amazon.com, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 212,842 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 30, 2026
Overview
source: linkAmazon Web Services is a mapped data center in Franklin County, Ohio, filed by Amazon Data Services, Inc. and owned through its parent, Amazon.com, Inc. Its reported footprint is 212,842 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Columbus inside the PJM grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAmazon.com, Inc.
- Files asAmazon Data Services, Inc.
- This facilityAmazon Web Services
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- NIPSCO lands two big data center contracts in IndianaDaily Energy Insider· Oct 13, 2026
- MIT Sues Amazon Over Data Center Computer Chip Security TechBloomberg Law News· Oct 12, 2026
- Business is booming in a small Louisiana town as a huge Meta AI data center project brings in thousands of workersBusiness Insider· Oct 12, 2026
- Data centers have a shelf life. Who pays for cleanup in Pa. when they close years from now?PennLive.com· Oct 12, 2026
- AWS CEO asks 'Would you stop using Netflix?' in pushback to data centre opposition디지털투데이· Oct 12, 2026
- AWS plans 36-building data centre campus in Pennsylvania powered by natural gasTech Edition· Oct 11, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Ohio reported $130.4M in Sales/use tax exemption for qualified property used in an eligible computer data center (R.C. § 122.175) for FY2024 (Ohio Department of Taxation / Office of Budget and Management). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site cleared at the PJM-wide (RTO) price, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
An estimated ~40 to 90 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Columbus), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Beacon Elementary School in Hilliard, is 0.8 mi from this site (481 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.