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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Aligned Data Centers — Pataskala.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Aligned Data Centers
- Address and locality
- Pataskala · Licking County · Ohio
- Official metro area
- Columbus, OH
- Source-reported status
- cancelled
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 200 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 2 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000045
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
Provider notes
Community. Sustained resident opposition: rallies at City Hall and a citizen petition drive. P&Z recommended rejection 5–2 on 2026-06-03; City Council then rejected the site plan 7-0 on 2026-08-25. A citizen-driven charter amendment banning data centers over 25 MW is on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot in Pataskala and Granville.
What the source record says
Blocked 200 MW campus (89 acres, 3 planned buildings, down from 4) at Broad St & Mink St in the Pataskala industrial park, which would have run on on-site Bloom Energy natural-gas fuel cells. The Planning & Zoning Commission voted 5–2 on 2026-06-03 to recommend rejection (staff had recommended approval), and City Council rejected the site plan 7-0 on 2026-08-25. Recorded as cancelled because the city denied the application; note that Aligned itself has not abandoned the project — its general counsel said the company would “reflect and regroup.” A citizen charter amendment banning data centers over 25 MW goes to Pataskala and Granville voters on Nov. 3, 2026. Coordinates approximate (Pataskala city-center).
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-08-25 · source-reported cancelled
Pataskala City Council voted 7-0 on Aug. 25, 2026 to reject the site plan, accepting the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation to deny it. Aligned has not withdrawn — its general counsel said only that the company would “reflect and regroup.” A separate citizen charter amendment banning data centers over 25 MW goes to Pataskala and Granville voters on Nov. 3, 2026.
Sources and attribution
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- Columbus Free Press: 80+ acres, Bloom Energy natural-gas fuel cells, 84 cooling units; Planning & Zoning voted the application down 2026-06-03 · The Columbus Free Press
- AOL/Newark Advocate: 89 acres, 200 MW, 3 buildings (down from 4), Broad St & Mink St; P&Z voted 5-2 to recommend rejection (staff recommended approval); Council hearing 2026-08-25 · AOL / Newark Advocate
- Pataskala rejects proposed data center; voters to decide potential ban in November · ABC 6 / WSYX
- The Reporting Project: City Council rejected the site plan 7-0 on 2026-08-25; Aligned GC David Robinson — “We’ll reflect and regroup”; 89 acres, 200 MW, three buildings; Nov. 3 ballot in Pataskala and Granville · The Reporting Project (Denison University)
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID aligned-pataskala-licking-oh. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000045
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Pataskala, OH · Licking (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Aligned Data Centers
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported cancelled
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2026-08-25 · source-reported cancelled
Status history supplied by the source.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 200 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-02
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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