EdgeConneX files to convert warehouse and build new 700,000 sq ft data center in New Albany, Ohio

Company details plans for site acquired from Van Trust


EdgeConneX plans to develop more than 1 million sq ft (92,903 sqm) of data center space outside Columbus, Ohio.


The EQT-owned company recently acquired a large warehouse and several adjacent plots of land along Innovation Campus Way in New Albany, Licking County.


First reported by the Columbus Dispatch and citing statements filed in June with the city of New Albany, EdgeConnex plans to build 1,225,000 sq ft (113,806 sqm) of data centers across several buildings on the acquired land.


The initial phase will see the company convert the 524,525 sq ft (48,730 sqm) building, at 9850 Innovation Campus Way, into a data center. The first phase of that project is set to complete in April 2026.


Phase II will see the construction of a new two-story 700,000 sq ft (65,030 sqm) building, as well as a separate 80,000 sq ft (7,432 sqm) energy center building housing gas fired generators. That phase will be substantially complete by Q3 2027.


EdgeConneX acquired the warehouse and property totaling 270 acres from VanTrust Real Estate earlier this year for a total of $137.2 million.


The company doesn’t currently operate any facilities in Ohio, but news that the company was planning a data center in the area surfaced earlier this year. It lists a campus in New Albany as “in development” on its website.


In February, the company filed to deploy a 120MW natural gas plant in New Albany, Licking County, to power a data center development on the same site – likely the recently acquired building.


Via its PowerConneX affiliate, the company is seeking state permits to construct a power plant on 48.6 acres northwest of Ohio 161 and Mink Street in the New Albany International Business Park. Construction is anticipated to begin as early as Q4 2025, going live as early as Q1 2026.


VanTrust broke ground on the 524,525 sq ft (48,729 sqm) spec building at 9850 Innovation Campus Way in the New Albany International Business Park in 2022. The company had been marketing the warehouse building as New Albany 525 and it is now listed as sold on its website.

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