Google Columbus
Operating, expanding checked 1 Nov 2026
Facts
- Owner
- Main user
- Google DeepMind
- Chips
- TPU v5e, TPU v5p, TPU v6e, TPU v7
Timeline
Land clearing begins on the eastern half of the site, for Buildings 1-2
Building 2 foundation work begins. Building 1 generators seem complete, cooling towers still under construction.
Building 1 operational. No visible construction and roads/parking complete around the building. Building 2 chillers are beginning construction. Foundation work begins for Building 3.
78 MWBuilding 2 operational. Parking complete, no more visible construction.
156 MWBuilding 3 operational. Surrounding roads finished, no more visible construction.
260 MWBuildings 1-3 are visibly operational, with steam coming out of the cooling towers. Meanwhile Building 4 is extremely close to completion, with all backup generators complete with only 3 cooling towers missing their fans. ~1/2 the generators are installed for Building 5, and the roof is mostly complete (starting to install the final white layer, with the actual roof structure already complete).
260 MWBuilding 4 operational. No more visible construction, and since only 3 fans needed to be installed since Feburary, operational date was likely soon after. Building 5 roof almost complete.
364 MWConfirmation that Building 4 is complete. Building 5 has progressed since February, with a complete roof, all backup generators in place, and five cooling towers in place.
364 MWBuilding 5 operational. The [transmission line construction notice](https://www.aeptransmission.com/ohio/docs/Hartman%20Farms%20Extension%20No.%202%20138%20kV%20Transmission%20Line%20Project%20Construction%20Notice.pdf) that expands site by 100 MW is assumed to be entirely for Building 5, and has an in-service date of July 1, 2027 (page 3). Estimate taken on the safe side based on completion times for Building 3-4 from when roof was complete.
464 MWPast entries are observations; entries marked projected are estimates and can change.
Data: Epoch AI, AI data centers dataset, licensed CC BY 4.0. We selected fields, cleaned location names, and added the status label.