EdgeConneX’s power solutions affiliate, PowerConneX, has proposed a third on-site natural gas plant to power a planned data center in New Albany, Ohio.
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First reported by Bizjournals, the firm submitted a pre-application notification letter with the Ohio Power Siting Board, setting out plans for a 430MW natural gas-fired facility expected to be located on a 30-acre plot adjacent to a planned data center site.
Construction of the plant could commence as early as next year, with commercial operations slated for Q4 2027.
EdgeConneX plans to build 1,225,000 sq ft (113,805 sqm) of data centers across several buildings on the property. 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 be completed 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 (7,430 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 last year for a total of $137.2 million.
The company filed for permission to build its first on-site natural gas facility last February. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 120MW and directly power the data center. According to recent reports, the facility is currently under construction and is expected to come online in early 2027.
The second gas power plant is expected to have a capacity of 216MW and will power the company’s second 700,000 sq ft (65,030 sqm) facility on the site. As of yet, it is unclear what the latest gas plant will power.
New Albany is becoming a hotbed of data center activity, with many operators looking towards on-site generation as a means to expedite their route to market. In June of last year, a 200MW natural gas power plant set to provide behind-the-meter power to a Meta data center in New Albany was approved for construction.
Read the orginal article: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/edgeconnex-affiliate-proposes-430mw-natural-gas-plant-to-power-data-center-campus-in-new-albany-ohio/
