Perry Village Denies Tax Abatement for Province Group's 1.2M-SF Data Center Campus, Perry Village, OH
ArticleProvince Group· Champion Farm, Perry Village, Ohio· Jul 18, 2026
Perry Village, OH denied Province Group's request for a 15-year, 75% property tax abatement and associated PILOT payments for a proposed data center campus on the 217-acre Champion Farm site. Province Group, a California-based developer, planned six 200,000-sq-ft data center buildings (1.2M sq ft total) with abatement effective dates ranging from 2030 to 2032. The project was estimated to generate
Google Enters Data Center Market in Near Lima, OH
New EntrantGoogle· Near Lima, Ohio· Jul 16, 2026
Google is building a $500 million data center on a 373-acre site in rural Ohio near Lima. The project appears to be under construction, with neighbors expressing frustration over messy construction and two major tax breaks granted to the company. This is a significant hyperscale investment by Google in a rural Ohio market, which could signal infrastructure opportunities for vendors and contractors
DAMAC Digital hosts public forum on Canton, Ohio, data center
ArticleDAMAC Digital· Canton, Ohio· Jul 15, 2026
DAMAC Digital is hosting a public forum regarding a planned data center project in Canton, Ohio, indicating the project is in early planning and community engagement stages. DAMAC Digital, a subsidiary of Dubai-based DAMAC Group, is a relatively new entrant to the U.S. data center market. The broader Canton/Stark County, Ohio area appears to be emerging as a data center market, with nearby Allianc