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AWS Wilmington data center

Wilmington, Clinton County, OHDeveloper: Amazon (AWS)

Also known as Amazon Wilmington data center

ApprovedSite annexed by City Council Aug. 7, 2025; Ohio Supreme Court kept a citizen data center regulation initiative off the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Amazon Web Services plans a data center on a 471-acre parcel at 1488 S US 68 on the south side of Wilmington, with $4 billion in estimated capital expenditures. The site was annexed by City Council on Aug. 7, 2025, and a school compensation agreement was approved in November 2025. On Sept. 18, 2026, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that a citizen initiative that would add data center regulations to Wilmington's zoning code cannot be placed on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Stated investment
$4 billion[2]
estimated capital expenditures
Site size
471 acres[1]
Permanent jobs (promised)
100
minimum

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size471 acres [1]
Source excerpt
“The project will be developed on a 471-acre parcel on the south side of the city at 1488 S US 68, Wilmington, OH 45177.”
Stated investment$4 billion [2]
estimated capital expenditures
Source excerpt
“$4 billion in estimated capital expenditures”
Permanent jobs (promised)100 [1]
minimum
Source excerpt
“The project will result in a minimum of 100 new permanent jobs”
Construction jobsover 200 [1]
Source excerpt
“The project will also result in over 200 construction jobs.”

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

UtilityAES Ohio [1]
Utility pages: AES Ohio · data centers and bills
Source excerpt
“AWS will pay 100% of the cost of service to the project site and 100% of the cost of the electricity used at the project site.”

Water

Water use6 million gallons per year [1]
annual estimate; no daily figure given
Source excerpt
“The site will use an estimated 6 million gallons of water PER YEAR.”

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesState data center sales- and use-tax exemption on eligible equipment [1]
Source excerpt
“The State of Ohio provides Data Center Tax Credits which provide a sales- and use-tax exemption on eligible data center equipment and related purchases.”
Abatement term30 years [2]
Source excerpt
“30-year, 100% property tax abatement offset only by a 30% Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for an effective 70% tax abatement”
Payments / community benefits30% payment in lieu of taxes offsetting a 100% property tax abatement [2]
as characterized by Policy Matters Ohio
Source excerpt
“30-year, 100% property tax abatement offset only by a 30% Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for an effective 70% tax abatement”

Local decisions & site

Parcel / address1488 S US 68, Wilmington, OH 45177 [1]
Source excerpt
“The project will be developed on a 471-acre parcel on the south side of the city at 1488 S US 68, Wilmington, OH 45177.”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

  • about 6,000,000 gallons per year [1]
    Projection or estimate. Estimated annual water use for the site.
    As of Mar 27, 2026 · Data Center FAQs

Power

UtilityAES Ohio [1]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Lawsuits

State ex rel. Kidd v. Clinton Cty. Bd. of Electionsdecided [5]
The court held the board of elections could reject the Wilmington data center regulation initiative because it would create a private cause of action the city lacks power to enact.
Supreme Court of Ohio · filed 2026
Source excerpt
“A Supreme Court majority found the Clinton County Board of Elections could reject the placement of the proposed ordinance on the ballot because the proposal would create a 'private cause of action,' which is not within the city's power to enact.”

Timeline

  1. Wilmington City Council approves annexation of the project site [1]

  2. Wilmington City Schools Board of Education approves the School Compensation Agreement [1]

  3. Clinton County Board of Elections votes unanimously not to certify a citizen data center regulation initiative [4]

  4. Supreme Court of Ohio rules the initiative cannot appear on the Nov. 3 ballot [5]

Issues raised

  • Policy Matters Ohio called the abatement deal a bad deal for Wilmington and said the 100 permanent jobs are not guaranteed [2]
  • Some residents at a public meeting did not oppose the data center but objected to the specific location [3]
  • The citizen initiative would have set standards for noise, lighting, emissions, generator testing, water use, wastewater and heat [4]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. Data Center FAQs
    Clinton County Port Authority (Choose Clinton County) · Mar 27, 2026 · government
  2. Amazon data center proposal is a bad deal for Wilmington
    Policy Matters Ohio · Jan 7, 2026 · other
  3. Residents ask questions about plans for $4B Amazon data center in Wilmington
    WHIO-TV (via Yahoo News) · 2025 · news
  4. Court rules proposed Wilmington data center ordinance cannot go before voters
    WKRC Local 12 · Sep 18, 2026 · news
  5. Proposed Data Center Regulations for Wilmington Will Not Be on November Ballot
    Court News Ohio · Sep 18, 2026 · court

Cite this page

Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). AWS Wilmington data center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/aws-wilmington-clinton-county-oh
MLA“AWS Wilmington data center.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/aws-wilmington-clinton-county-oh.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/aws-wilmington-clinton-county-oh

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