Amazon Web Services to invest $10 billion more into Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Amazon Web Services will invest another $10 billion into its data center infrastructure across Ohio, state officials announced Monday.
The investment builds on the $7.8 billion Amazon Web Services has committed to Ohio development, making AWS the second-largest planned investment by a single private sector company in the state's history, trailing only Intel's investment plan to build computer chip fabrication plants in New Albany. With this investment, AWS has invested $35 billion in Ohio since 2010.
AWS leadership said the investment will create hundreds of jobs for Ohioans in technical roles, adding on to the thousands AWS has already created in the state. The company also said it has not completed the locations for the new data centers, but is evaluating sites.
AWS said in a news release that it plans to "expand its data centers outside of central Ohio in additional communities across the state," a more expansive plan than its prior investments, which were often focused around central Ohio.
AWS has five data centers across Ohio, including its future $2 billion investment into Sunbury announced Nov. 20. Five days later, Amazon bought two parcels of land in Sunbury for $9,715,200, according to Delaware County Auditor records.
According to a report from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an Amazon data center is proposed for Jefferson Township, although no official announcement has been made.
Amazon is just one of many technology companies investing in Ohio. With Monday's announcement, Ohio has gained around $64 billion in new developments from just seven companies, including AWS and Intel.