How much power does Karis Critical Data Center use?

Karis Critical Data Center has a reported power capacity of 36 MW across roughly 211,000 square feet.

Has Karis Critical Data Center had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Karis Critical Data Center.

Where is Karis Critical Data Center located?

Karis Critical Data Center is in Johnstown, Licking County, OH.

Proposed

Karis Critical Data Center

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Ohio?

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). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Johnstown, Licking County, OH

Source: Primary source

Karis Critical Data Center is a proposed data center in Licking County, OH. DataCentersExposed has documented 36 MW of reported power capacity and a 211,000 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Operator

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Power

36 MW

Footprint

211,000 sq ft

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

1.8 mi

Jug Street · 345 kV

Transmission line

0.3 mi

345 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

The 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

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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.

Statewide cost of this incentive

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.

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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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, New Albany Primary School in New Albany, is 4.0 mi from this site (1,060 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.

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