Amazon is expected to invest an estimated $7.8 billion in the state by the end of 2029 “to expand its data center operations in central Ohio.”

The Amazon Web Service (AWS) data center project -- which officials say would create hundreds of new jobs -- marks the second-largest private-sector company investment in Ohio’s history, according to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s office. Numerous locations within central Ohio are currently under consideration for the new data center campuses. Final selections will be announced at a later date.

“The new data centers will contain computer servers, data storage drives, networking equipment and other forms of technology infrastructure used to power cloud computing,” according to a press release.

AWS launched its first data centers in the Midwest in 2016 and currently operates data center campuses in Franklin and Licking counties.

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