Central Ohio data-center campuses
New Albany · Google, Meta and AWS · Operating and expanding
Community profile
Classification: Very affluent and majority White
Geography: New Albany city / 43054 proxy
Income: City median household income: $238,250 (2020–2024)
Race: New Albany is a majority-White community; ZIP and city boundaries are not identical.
Documented bargain
Benefits: Billions in announced investment and a growing technology employment base.
Burdens: Large electric demand, land conversion and tax-abatement scrutiny remain public-policy issues even in a high-resource community.
Power and government
Utilities: Ohio approved a separate tariff requiring large data centers to make long-term minimum power-payment commitments.
Public action: The AEP Ohio tariff uses an 85% minimum demand commitment to reduce stranded-cost risk for other customers.
New Albany is a strong affluent comparison: multiple hyperscalers built or expanded in a place with household income far above national and state levels.