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Turner Construction Company broke ground last week on a $2 billion project to expand Vantage Data Centers’ campus in New Albany, Ohio.
Located 20 miles from downtown Columbus, the OH1 Campus will sit on 70 acres.
Once completed, the campus will house three data center buildings with a combined capacity of 192 megawatts and a total floor area of more than 1.5 million square feet. Cloud technologies and artificial intelligence rely on data centers for a secure and reliable infrastructure to process, store, and distribute data.
Data centers with billion-dollar-and-up price tags, like the Vantage project, have boosted nonresidential construction starts. In the October Construction Economy Snapshot, ConstructConnect Chief Economist Michael Guckes reported that “...construction spending expanded the fastest in the South Atlantic (up 15.7%) thanks to the steady flow of energy and data center megaprojects over $1 billion in cost.” Guckes was referring to the year-to-date starts through the end of September.
The build marks Vantage’s first data center in the Midwest and their seventh hyperscale data center, the industry term for massive, centralized data centers run by a single company.
The project seeks LEED Silver certification, which aligns with Vantage and Turner’s sustainability goals.
Power equipment lines the interior of a data center in this image from Vantage Data Centers.
Last week, representatives from Vantage, Turner, and community leaders attended the groundbreaking ceremony in New Albany, Ohio.
Matt Kunz, Vice President and General Manager of Turner Construction Company, said, “We are excited to work with Vantage on this significant project. More than $2 billion will be invested in the campus over the next few years as they meet the need for the increased demand for scalable and sustainable digital infrastructure in the region.”
Vantage Data Centers said the OH1 campus will use a closed-loop chilled water system generated through air-cooled chillers. Image: Vantage Data Centers
The first building in the project is expected to open in 2025, and the remaining two buildings plan to open by 2028. New York-based Turner Construction completes around 1,500 projects a year, totaling $17 billion, and has over 11,000 employees.
Turner Construction’s project portfolio includes edge, enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation data centers built with configurations that vary in size, power capacity requirements, location in the network, and purpose.
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