Google · Lancaster, Ohio

Google Lancaster

164MW

The power of 130,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Jan 2024.

Capital cost
$5.2B
Chips
TPU v5e, TPU v6e
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Power over time

facility power · 5 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 1 Oct 2021 — Land clearing in progress for the site
  2. 1 Jan 2024 82 MW Building 1 operational. This is estimated based on construction progress in October 2023. This also corresponds to a 2023 article where a Google spokesperson says that the "the Lancaster data center will open later this year".
  3. 11 Sep 2025 82 MW Building 2 is close to completion. Structurally it is already complete, but there is still some equipment strewn around the building that suggests commissioning is ongoing.
  4. 31 Oct 2025 164 MW Building 2 operational. This is supported by the state of Building 2 a month prior, which is entirely complete outside of some equipment that was removed later on.
  5. 12 Mar 2026 164 MW At this point, Building 1 and 2 have since already been operational. Additionally, there is visible steam showing clear evidence of operational for both before this date.

Gas made 41% of the power on this site's grid

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

PJM Interconnection, LLC PJM · balancing authority

  1. Gas 41%
  2. Coal 17%
  3. Nuclear 31%
  4. Wind 4%
  5. Solar 3%
  6. Hydro 2%
  7. Other 3%

The grid of the utilities that serve Fairfield County, OH. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 220 MW of new power in Fairfield County, all solar

power plants in Fairfield County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Eastern Cottontail Solar Solar · 220 MW · Dec 2028 · proposed · EDF Renewables Development, Inc.

EIA lists no generator of 1 MW or more in service in Fairfield County. Since January 2023: 0 MW added, 0 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI
  1. DCD article discussing the announcement of this site

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Lancaster. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.