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Amazon spends $102 million in Ohio for data center land. Are server farms, data centers the same?
Believe it or not, there is a difference between a data center and a server farm. And with Amazon planning more data centers in central Ohio, we take a look at the largest such facilities here.
Amazon invests $10 billion in Ohio data centers to drive AI evolution
Amazon is adding to its major Midwest technology hub investment while helping to shape the future of artificial intelligence.
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Did you know Ohio is a data hub for major companies like Google and Meta? Within the next two years, it will also become home to more data centers for companies like Microsoft and Amazon.
What is a data center? Is it the same as a server farm? Let’s look at the difference.
Amazon will have a major data center campus in Jeffersonville, Ohio
According to a story by The Dispatch, Amazon is to build a 590-acre data center campus in Jeffersonville, Ohio, after the company bought two parcels of land there for $102 million. The land for Amazon’s data centers is in Fayette County, next to Honda and LG’s battery plant.
By 2030, properties bought by Amazon will represent the first site of Amazon Web Services’ planned $10 billion investment in data centers across Ohio.
Amazon will continue to expand its data center infrastructure across Ohio. Amazon already has data center locations in New Albany, Hilliard and Dublin, The Dispatch reports.
What’s the difference between a data center and a server farm?
The terms “data center” and “server farm” are often used interchangeably, but they’re actually quite different from each other.
According to Gigabyte, a server farm refers to a collection of servers, sometimes up to a thousand, that are grouped together to provide better functionality and accessibility.
A data center is a dedicated facility designed to store these collections. It includes systems for cooling, ventilation, and fire suppression to ensure continuous availability.
Other notable data centers in Ohio
These are the biggest data centers by square footage in Ohio, according to The Dispatch:
- Meta (Facebook), 1 Community Circle, New Albany: 970,000 square feet
- Amazon, 2570 Beech Rd., New Albany: 459,000
- Amazon, 5109 Hayden Run Road., Hilliard: 318,464
- Amazon, Crosby Business Park, Dublin: 318,448
- Google, 1101 Beech Run SW, New Albany: 275,000
- Citi, 306 Greif Parkway, Delaware: 271,562
- Spirit Realty Capital, 4499 Fisher Road, Columbus: 205,339
- Amazon, Crosby Business Park, Dublin: 159,244
- Amazon, Crosby Business Park, Dublin: 159,244
- Cologix, 555 & 575 Scherers Ct., Columbus: 155,000
Ryan Day will have some very familiar competition in the Big 10 soon.
The son of the Ohio State football coach, R.J. Day, announced his commitment to Northwestern for the Class of 2027 on Sunday.
Northwestern plays in the same conference as Ohio State and the schools will face each other.
R.J. Day, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound quarterback from — not surprisingly — Columbus, Ohio, has started for three years at St. Francis DeSales HS as he heads towards his senior season.
According to reports, the younger Day had other offers from Purdue, Syracuse, Cincinnati and South Florida, as well as others.
Northwestern has eight quarterbacks on head coach David Braun’s roster.
And the offensive coordinator for the Wildcats is Chip Kelly, who served in the same role for Ryan Day at Ohio State when the Buckeyes won the title in 2024.
Kelly, the former head coach at UCLA and Oregon, was also the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire when Ryan Day was the team captain from 1998-2001.
Most recently, Kelly was the OC with the Las Vegas Raiders before he took the job with Northwestern.
“It’s really surreal when you think about the relationships that we’ve had with those two as a family over the years,” R.J. Day told ESPN earlier this month. “Coach Kelly coached my dad in college, so that adds another layer to it.”
Cincinnati Reds legend and well-known gambler Pete Rose was possibly more than just curious about Ohio State football’s 2012 season when he texted Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer.
Appearing on “The Triple Option” show with Alabama running back Mark Ingram May 6, Meyer told a story about his relationship with Rose.
After OSU hired Meyer, the Reds asked him to throw out the first pitch at a game. Meyer threw to his son, Nathan, and walked into the dugout, where Rose, MLB’s all-time hit leader, was waiting to greet him.
“I couldn’t get enough talking about ‘Big Red Machine,’ and he wanted to talk college football,” Meyer said on the podcast, explaining how the two spoke for hours and exchanged numbers.
Meyer said that during his first season, Rose texted him early on. He wanted information about the team, like news on Braxton Miller’s shoulder injury.
“I told that to someone, and they said, ‘You’re an idiot. Do you know he’s trying to get information from you for gambling, and you could get in trouble?’ ” Meyer said.
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Though Meyer asserted that he never disclosed much, he started to steer the conversations clear of college football after he realized Rose potentially wanted information for gambling.
The two had another conversation in Las Vegas, where Rose told Meyer he gambled daily after retiring.
Rose was banned from baseball for betting on the sport, something he admitted to in his 2004 autobiography. Rose was reinstated in 2025 and so is considered eligible for the Hall of Fame.
Still baseball’s most prolific hitter (4,256 hits), Rose died in 2024.
GIRARD, Ohio (WKBN) – Over 100 athletes came together for the 5th Annual Trumbull County Special Olympics Invitational Saturday morning in Girard.
These athletes represent five different schools across Trumbull County to compete and spread the message of inclusion, achievement, and sportsmanship.
The Invitational continued its long-standing tradition of honoring the legacy of Randy Suchanek while celebrating the dedication and accomplishments of Special Olympics athletes throughout the region.
“You can hear all the excitement for this, for the athletes that are here today,” said superintendent Bryan O’Hara. “They work hard all year long to participate. We’ve always worked hand in hand with the rotary to get this accomplished is a lot of work behind the scenes.”
Participating schools included Ashtabula, Geauga, Columbiana, Kent-Portage and Trumbull Fairhaven
“There’s a lot of nice participation from girard students as you see behind us, and a lot of participation from the community helping out,” Girard-Liberty Rotary co-president Andy Kish added.
O’Hara added that the event keeps everything in perspective, seeing the athletes compete in the spirit of fun, along with the courage and determination that they show.
Alex Sorrells contributed to this report.
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