Amazon Web Services is constructing a five-building data center campus in New Albany's International Business Park, part of the company's $23 billion investment commitment in Ohio through 2030.

Three buildings are already rising.

According to the city's August 2025 Community Development report, Building B (260,435 square feet) broke ground in September 2024, Building E (256,305 square feet) started in October 2024, and Building A (251,265 square feet) began in November 2024. A smaller support structure, Building F (6,933 square feet), also started in November 2024. The buildings are clustered near Beech, Jug and Miller roads.

The campus sits on a 438-acre site AWS purchased in the business park, Columbus Business First reporter John Bush reported on X in September 2023.

AWS held a community update meeting with New Albany city officials on Aug. 7, 2025, and submitted a Miller Road engineering plan review on July 29, 2025, according to the same city report. The city issued comments on Aug. 4, 2025.

AWS opened its first data center outside New Albany in 2016. The corridor has since grown into one of the densest clusters of AI computing in the nation, with facilities operated by Meta, Google, QTS, Vantage, CyrusOne, Stack Infrastructure and EdgeConneX, according to city records. As we reported Aug. 12, New Albany has topped 10 million square feet of data center space.

The $23 billion figure, announced in late 2024, includes previously announced AWS investments in Ohio, Data Center Dynamics reported. Beyond New Albany, AWS has approved or planned campuses in Marysville, Sidney, Sunbury, Fayette County and Pickaway County.

The city, under Mayor Sloan Spalding and City Manager Joseph Stefanov, has taken steps to manage the boom's impact on residents. New Albany launched a dedicated data center website in July 2026 at datacenters.newalbanyohio.org, and its resident FAQ page states the city has not required additional water or sewer capacity from Columbus over the past decade despite the surge in hyperscaler development. The city requires developers to submit anticipated water-use statements before any tax abatement is negotiated.

New Albany's zoning code requires data centers to meet heightened standards for landscaping, architecture, noise mitigation and screening. As much as one gigawatt of power is expected to be generated on-site using behind-the-meter natural gas, allowing facilities to meet electricity demands without straining the regional grid, according to the city.

The data center boom has sparked political pushback across central Ohio. Jerome Township imposed a moratorium on data center development in September 2025. "You hear a murmur of the word 'data center,' and it is standing room only in a township trustee meeting," Jerome Township trustee Wezlynn Davis told Signal Ohio in November 2025, after her township became the first in Ohio to pass such a ban.

PJM wholesale electrical capacity prices rose 22% in July 2025 after an 800% spike the prior year, expected to translate to a $16 monthly increase for average residential customers in Ohio, according to Signal Ohio. State lawmakers in 2026 proposed bills to eliminate data center sales tax exemptions and require developers to cover infrastructure costs.

New Albany has tied at least one data center tax abatement to community benefits including grants for a local arboretum, STEM education and a $200,000 investment in the city's community center, according to Tech Policy Press.

City spokesperson Adrienne Mayfield did not respond to a request for comment on the AWS campus plans. AWS also did not respond.

Residents can find information about data center development and submit questions at datacenters.newalbanyohio.org.