Who owns Google New Albany?

Google New Albany is operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc..

How much power does Google New Albany use?

Google New Albany has a reported power capacity of 480 MW.

What tax breaks has Google New Albany received?

Alphabet Inc. has received $31.7M in tracked tax abatements across its sites. No state discloses the recipient at the individual-facility level.

Has Google New Albany had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Google New Albany.

Where is Google New Albany located?

Google New Albany is in Licking County, OH.

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Google New Albany

Licking County, OH

Source: Primary source

Google New Albany is an operating data center in Licking County, OH, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 480 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Power

480 MW

Utility

AEP Ohio

Grid

PJM

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

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Google New Albany is a hyperscale data center in Licking County, Ohio, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc. Operating since 2020, the site carries a reported power capacity of 480 MW, drawing electricity from AEP Ohio within the PJM grid.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Alphabet Inc.
Files as
Google LLC
This facility
Google New Albany

Known aliases: Google New Albany

In the news

source: GDELT

Kasich deal gave 40-year data center tax break to Amazon, Google - The Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus Dispatch· Jun 10, 2026

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Alphabet Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Total to this operator: $31.7M

Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$16,044,286
Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$15,660,346
Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2018 · term — yr · source

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.

source · All Ohio subsidies →

Water use

Reported consumption348.2K gpd
2023 · consumption · reported as “Google New Albany” · source

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

What this site costs the grid

source: PJM RPM auction reports

AEP (Ohio / WV / VA) · 2027/28 auction

$333 /MW-day

PJM'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 →

This site's capacity-market cost

$58.3M/yr

480 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price.

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: AirNow

PM2.5

Moderate

Good

PM10

Good

Air 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 2023

Median household income

$234.9K

People of color

23%

Below poverty

Tract population

4,338

Demographics 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 / NCES

The nearest public school, New Albany Middle School in New Albany, is 1.5 mi from this site (785 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.