Google Lockbourne, OH
Franklin County, OH
Source: OpenStreetMap
Google Lockbourne, OH is a mapped data center in Franklin County, OH, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc..
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
source: linkGoogle Lockbourne is a mapped data center in Franklin County, Ohio, operated by Google LLC and owned through its parent, Alphabet Inc. The site draws power from Ohio Power Co inside the PJM grid. Available records note it as a Google data center but list no capacity or footprint figures.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAlphabet Inc.
- Files asGoogle LLC
- This facilityGoogle Lockbourne, OH
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: GDELT- Jon Husted defended Google's $43.5 million Ohio tax break. Now he's taken $69,750 from data center and utility interests. - TiffinOhio.netTiffinOhio.net· Jul 27, 2026
- Google is building a $500 million data center in rural Ohio. Neighbors are furious - Signal ClevelandSignal Cleveland· Jul 16, 2026
- Google is building a $500 million data center in rural Ohio. Neighbors are furious - Signal OhioSignal Ohio· Jul 16, 2026
- Putnam County discusses Google Data Center - WCHS NetworkWCHS Network· Jul 14, 2026
- Kasich deal gave 40-year data center tax break to Amazon, Google - The Columbus DispatchThe Columbus Dispatch· Jun 10, 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
- Reported consumption63.8K gpd2023 · consumption · reported as “Google Lockbourne” · source
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 →
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, Hamilton Middle School in Columbus, is 0.8 mi from this site (533 students). 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
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.