The Scioto County Commission has confirmed that Google is the company behind a 500,000 sq ft (46,452 sqm), $1 billion data center project in Franklin Furnace, Ohio.

As reported by WSAZ, Google's identity was revealed after the commission awarded the cloud giant a tax abatement on the project.

Google has been given a 75 percent tax abatement for 15 years as part of a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement of $500,000 annually, and additional compensation based on square footage once the project is completed.

“Google is considering a potential data center project in Scioto County, Ohio,” Molly Kocour Boyle, head of Midwest data center public affairs for Google, said in a statement. “We are still very early in the process, working closely with the local leadership."

The data center was proposed by Tilted Gate LLC, with the true applicant described as a “Fortune 100 tech company” when plans first emerged earlier this month.

Franklin Furnace and Haverhill are located on the very southern border of Ohio with Kentucky, along the Ohio River.

Google first entered Ohio in 2019 when the company broke ground on its New Albany data center worth $600m. That year, the company added an additional $1bn commitment for the construction of the Columbus and Lancaster data centers. In 2021, the company planned a $1bn data center expansion at the New Albany site.

In 2023, Google committed a further $1.7bn to the Buckeye State, followed by another $2.3bn last year. In June 2025, the company purchased 85 acres of land outside Columbus.