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Aligned CEO Andrew Schaap. Image courtesy of Aligned Data Centers<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Aligned Data Centers <\/strong>has entered Ohio with the acquisition of a 129-acre land parcel in Sandusky for the development of a new data center campus. Public records show that a joint venture between Avgeris & Associates <\/strong>and Franklin Partners <\/strong>sold the property for $52 million. The vacant site was formerly occupied by General Motors, where it manufactured automotive equipment.<\/p>\n

CEO Andrew Schaap said, in prepared remarks, that Aligned has experience with redeveloping brownfield projects that have lain dormant for years in communities, indirectly helping preserve greenfield sites for other uses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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READ ALSO:<\/strong> AI Drives Explosive Growth in Data Center Demand<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aligned intends to invest at least $202 million in the upcoming redevelopment, a company spokesperson told Commercial Property Executive<\/em>. The site at 2509 Hayes Ave. has 1.3 million square feet available for development and is equipped with power feeds capable of delivering up to 80 megawatts\u2014expandable to more than 200 megawatts.<\/p>\n

Plans call for four separate buildings, which can be adapted for cloud, AI, hyperscale or enterprise deployments. Power densities will range between 3 kW to more than 300 kW per rack.<\/p>\n

The first of the four data centers, dubbed NEO-01, will feature Aligned\u2019s patented waterless heat rejection technology, along with potentially other hybrid cooling solutions, depending on customer demands.<\/p>\n

Ohio\u2019s growing data center footprint<\/h2>\n

\u201cAs adoption of AI and ML compute continues to grow, along with capacity constraints\u2014driven largely by land and power availability across North America\u2014markets such as Northeast Ohio have become attractive due to readily available power, tax incentives and appreciation of the economic, environmental, and social opportunities that data centers bring to these regions,\u201d the Aligned spokesperson told CPE.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ohio provides tax incentives for data center companies that are willing to invest in the region. Investments of $100 million or more over a three-year period, along with total annual payrolls greater than $1.5 million, are eligible for total or partial exemption of up to 100 percent of sales taxes.<\/p>\n

The state has a growing data center footprint, with operators including Cologix, H5, Flexential, Cyxtera, along several others.<\/p>\n

In June, Amazon <\/strong>announced plans to invest $7.8 billion in Ohio<\/a>, for the construction of more AWS data centers. The project is estimated to generate 230 direct jobs, along with 1,000 secondary ones. Amazon\u2019s announcement was the second-largest private investment in Ohio\u2019s history, following Intel\u2019<\/a><\/strong>s $20 billion commitment<\/a> in Licking County.<\/p>\n

Aligned\u2019s expansion in Ohio will bring the company\u2019s total to eight states in which it operates data centers, along with Illinois, Texas, Oregon, Arizona, Maryland, Utah and Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plans call for multiple buildings on this onetime General Motors site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":1004683553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21755,21782,13,21742],"tags":[39171,38091],"class_list":["post-1004683549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-centers","category-development","category-midwest","category-latest","tag-aligned-data-centers","tag-franklin-partners"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAligned Eyes $200M Data Center Campus in Ohio Debut - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Aligned Data Centers will construct a new campus on the 129-acre site of a former General Motors facility in Northeastern Ohio.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aligned Eyes $200M Data Center Campus in Ohio Debut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aligned Data Centers will construct a new campus on the 129-acre site of a former General Motors facility in Northeastern Ohio.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-29T12:58:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-03T13:45:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tudor Scolca\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/Aligned-CEO-Andrew-Schaap-1671-e1695986199595.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/\",\"name\":\"Aligned Eyes $200M Data Center Campus in Ohio Debut - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/Aligned-CEO-Andrew-Schaap-1671-e1695986199595.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-29T12:58:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-03T13:45:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/daae3daa7b99fdfb75a85cb3cd92a26d\"},\"description\":\"Aligned Data Centers will construct a new campus on the 129-acre site of a former General Motors facility in Northeastern Ohio.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aligned-to-expand-in-ohio-with-200m-data-center-campus\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/Aligned-CEO-Andrew-Schaap-1671-e1695986199595.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/Aligned-CEO-Andrew-Schaap-1671-e1695986199595.jpg\",\"width\":4600,\"height\":3450,\"caption\":\"Aligned CEO Andrew Schaap. 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