Microsoft Heath Data Center Campus (Thornwood Drive)
AI data center in Heath, OH, United States: under construction.
- Location: Heath, OH, United States
- Developer: Microsoft
- Status: under construction
Microsoft Heath Data Center Campus (Thornwood Drive) is a AI data center project located in Heath, OH, United States, currently under construction. It is being built by Microsoft. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across OH, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
Microsoft is building on about 227 acres west of Thornwood Drive in Heath, one of three Licking County sites it paused in April 2025 and restarted in February 2026. Ames Construction is the general contractor, mass grading runs through November 2026, and Microsoft says the vertical construction timeline is not yet determined. Reporting at the 2024 open house described five buildings with the first in service early 2028. No capacity figure is published. The Hebron and New Albany sites are tracked separately.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Microsoft Heath Data Center Campus (Thornwood Drive)?
- Microsoft Heath Data Center Campus (Thornwood Drive) is an AI data center project in Heath, Ohio tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is under construction.
- Where is Microsoft Heath Data Center Campus (Thornwood Drive)?
- Microsoft Heath Data Center Campus (Thornwood Drive) is in Heath, Ohio. Every tracked Ohio campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/ohio.
- Who is building Microsoft Heath Data Center Campus (Thornwood Drive)?
- Microsoft is developing Microsoft Heath Data Center Campus (Thornwood Drive).
Sources
- Spectrum News 1 Ohio (spectrumnews1.com · press · 2026-02-21)
- Heath datacenter construction updates (local.microsoft.com · press · 2026-07-01)
- ABC6 (abc6onyourside.com · press · 2025-04-08)
- NBC4 WCMH-TV (digital-release.nbc4i.com · press · 2026-10-07)
- NBC4 WCMH-TV (nbc4i.com · press · 2026-02-21)