Data Center Atlas
Microsoft Heath Datacenter
Site preparation
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Three-site Microsoft datacenter program in Licking County, east of Columbus, Ohio, with separate campuses in New Albany, Heath and Hebron. Announced in October 2024 as an initial USD 1 billion investment for Azure cloud capacity, it included a USD 420 million, 245,000 sq ft building on 197 acres in New Albany. In April 2025 Microsoft paused the program, keeping the land and saying two sites would be made farmable. Work resumed in 2026: Heath broke ground in February, and Microsoft's Heath and Hebron pages report tree clearing, mass grading through November 2026 and planned substation work, with no vertical construction timeline. No 2026 update was found for New Albany.
Source record as of 2026-07-01 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Microsoft Heath Initial Site Preparation
Site preparation last observed as of · Authoritative status update
This record reports under construction as of 2026-07-01. WSYX ABC 6; Microsoft Local; Microsoft Local
Location: Licking County, Ohio, US. County centroid from Nominatim, because the record covers a three-site program in different municipalities (New Albany, Heath and Hebron). Microsoft's pages place the Heath construction entrance on Thornwood Drive and a temporary Hebron construction entrance on Canyon Road. POWER Magazine; Engineering News-Record; Microsoft Local; Microsoft Local
Use: Cloud, Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 1,000,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2024-10-28 | Initial investment announced for the three campuses together; no per-site split was given, and POWER does not say whether the New Albany USD 420 million is part of it. | POWER Magazine; Engineering News-Record; Associated Press (via News4JAX) |
| Investment | 420,000,000 USD | Announced · Phase · New Albany datacenter | 2024-10 | New Albany's city council approved a 15-year, 100 percent property tax abatement for this building. | POWER Magazine; Engineering News-Record |
| Floor area | 245,000 sq_ft | Planned · Phase · New Albany datacenter | 2025-04-10 | Engineering News-Record | |
| Land area | 197 acres | Reported · Phase · New Albany datacenter | 2025-04-10 | Engineering News-Record |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Developer | POWER Magazine; Engineering News-Record | |
| Microsoft | Owner | ENR and Fox 28 report that Microsoft owns the Licking County sites and will keep the land. | Engineering News-Record; WSYX/WTTE (Fox 28 Columbus) |
| Ames Construction | Builder | Contractor clearing the New Albany site before the 2025 pause (ENR) and main contractor for the Heath and Hebron site work in 2026 (Microsoft). | Engineering News-Record; Microsoft Local; Microsoft Local |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-28 | Announced | Actual | POWER Magazine | |
| 2025-04-07 | Paused | Actual | Microsoft said it would not move forward at that time, would keep evaluating the sites, would make land at two sites farmable (Heath and Hebron, per ENR), and would still fund road and utility upgrades under its development agreements. | Engineering News-Record; WSYX/WTTE (Fox 28 Columbus); Associated Press (via News4JAX) |
| 2026-02-24 | Construction started | Actual | Ceremonial groundbreaking at the Heath site off Thornwood Drive; Microsoft's Heath and Hebron pages report mass grading from February 2026 and tree clearing in March 2026. | WSYX ABC 6; Microsoft Local; Microsoft Local |
| 2026-11 | Other | Planned | Target finish of mass grading at Heath and Hebron; Microsoft says early site preparation should be largely done by year-end and has not set a vertical construction timeline. | Microsoft Local; Microsoft Local |
This record groups three sites because the cited sources present them as one program under a single USD 1 billion announcement; split into per-site records if site-level power or investment figures are found. Status reflects site preparation at Heath and Hebron; the New Albany building was on hold as of April 2025 and no later update was found. status_as_of uses the first day of July 2026, the month of the latest entries on Microsoft's month-dated update pages.
Sources for these details
- Microsoft Announces $1 Billion Investment in Ohio Data Centers as Officials Ponder Power Demands — POWER Magazine; 2024-10-28
- Microsoft Hits Pause Button on $1B in Data Centers in Ohio — Engineering News-Record; 2025-04-10 · Archived source
- Microsoft 'not moving forward' with $1B Licking County data center plans right now — WSYX/WTTE (Fox 28 Columbus); 2025-04-08
- Microsoft says it's 'slowing or pausing' some AI data center projects, including $1B plan for Ohio — Associated Press (via News4JAX); 2025-04-09 · Archived source
- Heath breaks ground on Microsoft data center expected to bring hundreds of jobs — WSYX ABC 6; 2026-02-24 · Archived source
- Heath datacenter construction updates — Microsoft Local; 2026-07
- Hebron datacenter construction update — Microsoft Local; 2026-07
Source and location review
- Status source
- Heath datacenter construction updates evidence row
Microsoft · published 2026-03-02T17:29:53+00:00 · Company disclosure - Locator
- Campus locator · Official source · official_census_address_locator_point evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 118 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 40.02584, -82.48027
- Geometry licence
- public-domain-us-government
- Use scope
- Campus locator
- Scope class
- official_census_address_locator_point
- Authority
- Official source
- Source entity
- Campus
- Method
- census_public_ar_current_street_range_interpolation
- Derivation
- official_address_geocode
- Precision scope
- Official Census Public_AR_Current address-match point used only to locate the source-linked parent campus. Street-range interpolation can differ from a parcel, building, entrance, or surveyed position.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The captured Census match supplies no bounded horizontal-accuracy value, and a street-range interpolation point is not asserted to fall within the campus, parcel, building, or project extent.
- Geometry evidence
- 2803efb1
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Public_AR_Current match for 975 Thornwood Drive Archived copy | United States Census Bureau Government record | Geometry | not stated | public-domain-us-government | United States Census Bureau | 75521d137c83d066a96548ad00594813dc9a22e7c1c57170d6ecf66191bd14daRetained source material; see source provenance | |
| Heath breaks ground on Microsoft data center expected to bring hundreds of jobs Archived copy | WSYX ABC 6 News | Context: Multi Site Program, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Construction Started | source-terms-not-recorded | WSYX ABC 6 | 077c88fcb3903a412c0e8ae2f77cbeb068ef685651e433f50beab093f1c8b57dFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Heath datacenter construction updates Archived copy | Microsoft Company disclosure | Source location context, Physical status | all-rights-reserved | Microsoft Local | 2b2c4f915e8204a7bc4946860b4803961a22be78d50bc476c90946fee6b0f104Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Heath datacenter construction updates Archived copy | Microsoft Local Company disclosure | Context: Multi Site Program, Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: Other, Role: Builder | source-terms-not-recorded | Microsoft Local | 90700aaca72b6d70bd4e349dcf60124e1923cfb1437c2b93dc8771e2a2d9afaaFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Hebron datacenter construction update Archived copy | Microsoft Local Company disclosure | Context: Multi Site Program, Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: Other, Role: Builder | source-terms-not-recorded | Microsoft Local | 4e6a6eec4e909e9fe7e17d508996fef66e946105d91b5899ea58d3cf9f707e43Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Licking County parcel owner and situs-address facts for three Microsoft campuses Archived copy | Licking County, Ohio Government record | Geometry identity context | not stated | rights-status-uncertain-fact-extraction-only | Licking County, Ohio | 7074823e9d79249fef18aba0774be26a8dc34a49a5a9d281c13973ce020cd6c5Retained source material; see source provenance | |
| Microsoft 'not moving forward' with $1B Licking County data center plans right now Archived copy | WSYX/WTTE (Fox 28 Columbus) News | Context: Multi Site Program, Imported: Record, Milestone: Paused, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | WSYX/WTTE (Fox 28 Columbus) | 85ce634cb2c5bf5e6e14543aefc3ebc37c9616ad3638d4288a38f0627b43d29bFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Microsoft Announces $1 Billion Investment in Ohio Data Centers as Officials Ponder Power Demands Archived copy | POWER Magazine Trade publication | Context: Multi Site Program, Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Milestone: Announced, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | POWER Magazine | 6391ae9fafb4bb377be33de42036539c42ae3647b15218a70bdf7bdf14cbacecFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Microsoft Hits Pause Button on $1B in Data Centers in Ohio Archived copy | Engineering News-Record Trade publication | Context: Multi Site Program, Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Paused, Role: Builder, Role: Developer, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Engineering News-Record | f2935b45398d6e2da10846e47bae4d560dad4d40e39592f313a08c14bcdd22c0Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Microsoft says it's 'slowing or pausing' some AI data center projects, including $1B plan for Ohio Archived copy | Associated Press (via News4JAX) News | Context: Multi Site Program, Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Milestone: Paused | source-terms-not-recorded | Associated Press (via News4JAX) | bd5ad10438e64d76223c9b4ce2909cdfe34a4810307023ff31655e907d78779cFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Microsoft Heath Datacenter [site vcc-site-487fd7b91c213d078d2d]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-487fd7b91c213d078d2d/
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