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Hebron, OH · Licking County · 40.010°N 82.500°W

Microsoft Hebron Data Center

Microsoft

Under constructionMixed-useConfirmed

Key facts

Location
Hebron, OH, Licking County
Capacity
—
Powered by
Grid
Announced
2024-10
Last updated

Civic impact

Economics

Land
223 acres
Jobs
400 construction

Energy & water

Energy source
Grid · Utility: AEP Ohio
Cooling
Evaporative

Powered from the AEP Ohio grid as part of Microsoft's Central Ohio (Licking County) expansion.

Microsoft's Licking County datacenters use direct evaporative cooling per Microsoft; county filings cite a ~252 gal/min water-capacity request for Hebron (a capacity request, not metered consumption). No confirmed operational MGD figure is published.

Public subsidies

  • Ohio data-center sales/use-tax exemption (R.C. 122.175), 15-yr, awarded by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority Oct 28 2024 for Microsoft's three Licking County campuses (New Albany, Heath, Hebron); combined value estimated ~$72.5M (Policy Matters Ohio), not disaggregated by site. Microsoft declined real-estate tax abatements at Hebron/Heath, benefiting Lakewood Local Schools.
    State of Ohio · 2024
    Ohio data centers exploit tax break

Community sentiment

Supported

Microsoft agreed not to take real-estate tax abatements, directly benefiting Lakewood Local School District. Village of Hebron approved six-data-center campus plan.

Microsoft to invest $1bn in data center campuses in Central Ohio

Status history

  1. Proposed

    Announced as part of Microsoft's $1B Licking County three-campus investment (New Albany, Heath, Hebron)

    Microsoft to invest $1bn in data center campuses in Central Ohio
  2. Proposed

    Microsoft pauses all Licking County projects; says evaluating sites in line with investment strategy

  3. Under construction

    Groundbreaking February 24, 2026; AMES Construction contracted for civil work and mass grading; six-data-center campus planned west of Ohio 79 between High Street and Canyon Road; grading estimated complete November 2026

    Hebron datacenter construction update - Microsoft Local

Location

Sources & data provenance

Confirmed: data verified against official filings, permits, or direct operator announcements.

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