Google Project BOSC (Lima)
Google has approval for a data center in Allen County, Ohio (approved). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Investment
- $500M
- Site
- 170 acres
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other Google builds
Operator
Google
Utility
AEP Ohio
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Approved
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 6 mo ago
Announced
- 6 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2025-09.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2024-12.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 1
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Stage
- Approved
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported investment
- $500M
- Site area
- 170 acres
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2026-03-16Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
Site
- City
- Lima
- County
- Allen
- State
- Ohio
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
Power and cooling
- Utility
- AEP Ohio
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Evaporative
- AI workload
- Likely AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- 15-year PILOT tax abatement - Elida Local Schools offset ($250,000/yr for 15 years; total value undisclosed)
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Google Project BOSC (Lima) | Approved | Not reported |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Jul 23, 2026 · Record: google-bosc-lima-oh
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAAllen Economic Development Group (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAGoogle / Allen County Data Center (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAThe Lima News (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 23, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 104708147684276
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Google Project BOSC (Lima)”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-project-bosc-lima-oh-dc_5f3b43f2a3b4, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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