Data centers in Ohio
121 data centers are listed in Ohio. The cities with the most listings are New Albany (39), Columbus (12), Cincinnati (7), Cleveland (7) and Hilliard (5); together they hold 58% of them. The operators with the most listings are Amazon Web Services (19), Google (11) and Meta (8), out of 26 named operators.
By type, the listings in Ohio are 37% colocation, 30% hyperscaler-owned and 23% unclassified. Across the United States the colocation share is 49%. By published IT load, the largest single buildings are CyrusOne Cincinnati, OH, CIN2 (CyrusOne, 11 MW) and Flexential Cincinnati (Flexential, 3.8 MW).
Ohio ranks 4th of 50 US states by listed facilities, with 5% of the US total. Neighboring states: Pennsylvania (48), Indiana (30) and West Virginia (2).
The three operators with the most listings hold 31% of them; 10 of the 26 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 17 MW of IT load across 4 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 9 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (8 Tier III and 1 Tier IV). Tier IV: Data Center East. Listings not yet in operation: 3 planned and 1 under construction. Among them: EdgeConneX New Albany, Ohio (CMH), QTS Van Wert, QTS New Albany 2 and QTS New Albany 1. 3 listings are reported closed.
About Ohio
Ohio has the fourth-largest number of listed data centers among US states: 121 facilities, 5 percent of the 2,612 listed in the United States, run by 26 operators in 30 towns and cities. New Albany has by far the most with 39, followed by Columbus with 12, and Cincinnati and Cleveland with 7 each. The directory's one Ohio market, Columbus, holds 78 of the listings.
Hyperscale operators lead the list. Amazon Web Services has the most listings, 19, followed by Google with 11, and Cologix and Meta with 8 each. QTS has 7 and Lumen 6. Hyperscale sites account for 36 of the records and colocation sites for 45.
Capacity is published only as IT load, for 4 buildings. The largest is CyrusOne CIN2 in Cincinnati at 11 MW, ahead of Flexential Cincinnati in West Chester at 3.8 MW. By floor area, H5's Cleveland data center is the largest listed building, at 351,000 square feet, followed by Cologix COL4 in Columbus at 256,000 square feet.
EdgeConneX's New Albany site is under construction, and 3 facilities are planned, QTS New Albany 1 and 2 and QTS Van Wert. 9 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, 1 of them at Tier IV.
120 of 121 facilities have coordinates.
Cities
Markets
Columbus (78)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | 19 |
| 11 | |
| Cologix | 8 |
| Meta | 8 |
| QTS | 7 |
| Lumen | 6 |
| CyrusOne | 5 |
| H5 | 3 |
| Vantage | 3 |
| Aligned | 2 |
| American Electric Power | 2 |
| Centersquare | 2 |
| Compass | 2 |
| DartPoints | 2 |
| Iron Mountain | 2 |
| Verizon | 2 |
| Bridgestone Americas | 1 |
| DataBank | 1 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 |
| Flexential | 1 |
| Involta | 1 |
| Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. | 1 |
| Oppidan | 1 |
| Progressive Insurance | 1 |
| STACK Infrastructure | 1 |
Top 25 of 26 operators.
Largest data centers in Ohio by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of IT load |
|---|---|---|
| CyrusOne Cincinnati, OH, CIN2 | CyrusOne | 11 |
| Flexential Cincinnati | Flexential | 3.8 |
| Centersquare Lewis Center CMH1 Data Center | Centersquare | 1.8 |
| DataBank Downtown Cleveland Data Center (CLE1) | DataBank | 0.4 |
Top 10 of 4 buildings that publish their IT load in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Planned and new data centers in Ohio
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| EdgeConneX New Albany, Ohio (CMH) | EdgeConneX | Under construction | not recorded |
| QTS New Albany 1 | QTS | Planned | not recorded |
| QTS New Albany 2 | QTS | Planned | not recorded |
| QTS Van Wert | QTS | Planned | not recorded |
Uptime Institute certified data centers in Ohio
| Facility | Operator | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Data Center East | Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| AEP New Albany Data Center | Compass | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Akron II Data Center, Data Hall C | Involta | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| CMH II, Phase 1 | Compass | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility) |
| COL3-DC01 Phase 1 | Cologix | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Groveport Data Center, Phase 1 | American Electric Power | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility) |
| IO Ohio-Data Center One, Phase 1 | Iron Mountain | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| New Albany Data Center | American Electric Power | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Twinsburg Data Center Building 2 | Verizon | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Silver Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Akron Data Center | Bridgestone Americas | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Bunker West | Progressive Insurance | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Centersquare Lewis Center CMH1 Data Center | Centersquare | M&O Stamp of Approval |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| H5 Cleveland, OH Data Center | H5 | 351,000 |
| Cologix COL4 Data Center | Cologix | 256,000 |
| Cologix COL3 Data Center | Cologix | 200,000 |
| CyrusOne Cincinnati, OH, CIN2 | CyrusOne | 143,778 |
| Cologix COL7 Data Center | Cologix | 120,000 |
| H5 Cincinnati II, OH Data Center | H5 | 107,000 |
| Cologix COL5 Data Center | Cologix | 60,000 |
| Cologix COL2 Data Center | Cologix | 44,000 |
| Cologix COL1 Data Center | Cologix | 44,000 |
| Flexential Cincinnati | Flexential | 43,551 |
| Cologix COL8 Data Center | Cologix | 25,000 |
| Centersquare Lewis Center CMH1 Data Center | Centersquare | 18,704 |
| DataBank Downtown Cleveland Data Center (CLE1) | DataBank | 7,440 |