US operator Cologix has acquired land outside Columbus, Ohio, for a new data center campus.
Situated on approximately 154 acres in Johnstown, Licking County, the campus is set to feature eight facilities when fully built out, delivering up to 800MW of capacity across 2 million square feet. Development of the first phase is anticipated to begin in 2025.
The property was acquired from Johnstown Land Company, an affiliate of New Albany Company. Terms were not shared.
“As the largest provider of colocation and interconnection solutions in Columbus, we are thrilled to deepen our investment in Central Ohio,” said Laura Ortman, CEO of Cologix. “This new eight-data-center campus is more than an expansion—it’s a testament of our commitment to high-capacity, resilient digital infrastructure that not only meets but anticipates our customers’ evolving requirements.”
Cologix operates four data centers in the Columbus area with a combined footprint of 500,000 square feet and 80MW of power. The company completed work on the 50MW COL4 earlier this year.
Cologix started with a single facility in Columbus in 2013 and acquired adjacent land and the Ohio-based DataCenter.BZ in 2014 to bolster its presence in the city.
Columbus and the surrounding area have become a major data center hotspot. The likes of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are all present, as well as Vantage, CyrusOne, Edged, Aligned, and others.
“The City of Johnstown is pleased Cologix, a leader in the data center industry, has made an investment in our community to support the technology needs of its partners,” said Johnstown Mayor Donald Barnard. “Cologix choosing Johnstown is confirmation that our updated planning policies are paying off. This is a catalyst project for positive momentum towards Johnstown’s bright future. We believe that Cologix will find Johnstown to be a wonderful new home.”
