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Facility snapshot
- Operator as published
- Amazon Web Services
- Address and locality
- Sidney · Shelby County · Ohio
- Lifecycle status
- reported under construction
- Facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 1,500 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified)
- Source freshness
- 7 July 2026
- Location precision
- exact
- Source confidence
- reported
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000139
What the source record says
Codename 'Project Galaxy.' Coordinates approximate (parcel: north of Millcreek Road, west of Vandemark Road, Sidney OH). AES Ohio FERC filing shows phased power ramp: 65 MW at initial operations (Sept 15, 2026 target), 480 MW within one year, 1,500 MW by January 2031 — 1,500 MW taken as planned total capacity. $3B investment described as a firm commitment in the approved development agreement (not 'up to'). AWS has committed an estimated $23B in Ohio data centers through 2029–2030. Baxtel lists a 'West Hub' expansion site associated with this campus. FERC filing lists location as 'Jefferson Township, Ohio'; confirmed as Sidney/Shelby County campus from all other sources.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025 · reported permitted
Sidney City Council approved 30-year 100% property tax abatement and development agreement; NDA executed mid-2025
- 2026 · reported under construction
Construction began January 2026; site clearing and earthworks underway by March 2026; initial operations targeted Sept 15, 2026
Sources and attribution
- Amazon secures tax break for $3bn data center campus in Sidney, Ohio · Data Center Dynamics
- Project Galaxy Amazon Data Center — Shelby County · Stop Ohio Data Centers
- Amazon: Project Galaxy Data Center · Baxtel
- FERC urged to shield AES Ohio customers from grid costs for 1.5-GW Amazon data center · Utility Dive
- Proposed Data Center FAQ · City of Sidney, OH
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.33.0, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID aws-galaxy-sidney-oh. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added.
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