Central Ohio data-center campuses
Google, Meta and AWS
Who lives here?
Income: City median household income: $238,250 (2020–2024)
Race: New Albany is a majority-White community; ZIP and city boundaries are not identical.
Comparison class: Very affluent and majority White
What the community may receive
Billions in announced investment and a growing technology employment base.
What the community may carry
Large electric demand, land conversion and tax-abatement scrutiny remain public-policy issues even in a high-resource community.
Power, water and infrastructure
Ohio approved a separate tariff requiring large data centers to make long-term minimum power-payment commitments.
Government response
The AEP Ohio tariff uses an 85% minimum demand commitment to reduce stranded-cost risk for other customers.
Equity finding
New Albany is a strong affluent comparison: multiple hyperscalers built or expanded in a place with household income far above national and state levels.