# Google Project BOSC (Lima)

> Approved: a data center in Allen County, Ohio, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact.

Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-project-bosc-lima-oh-dc_5f3b43f2a3b4  
Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-project-bosc-lima-oh-dc_5f3b43f2a3b4.md  
Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

Google has approval for a data center in Allen County, Ohio (approved). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Google (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **Stage:** Approved (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **Site area:** 170 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $500.0M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Mar 16, 2026 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **City:** Lima (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **County:** Allen (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **State:** Ohio (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Utility:** AEP Ohio (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Cooling:** Evaporative (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Likely AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Incentives reported:** 15-year PILOT tax abatement - Elida Local Schools offset ($250K/yr for 15 years; total value undisclosed) (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Google Project BOSC (Lima) | Approved | Not reported |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Google Project BOSC (Lima) under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Jul 23, 2026) reports it as approved.

### Who is building Google Project BOSC (Lima)?

Google is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### Which carriers serve Google Project BOSC (Lima)?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

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## Latest updates

- **Mar 16, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirmed-as-company-behind-500m-data-center-in-lima-ohio/)
- [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirmed-as-company-behind-500m-data-center-in-lima-ohio/). Reported for 2025-09.
- [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirmed-as-company-behind-500m-data-center-in-lima-ohio/). Reported for 2024-12.

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## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirmed-as-company-behind-500m-data-center-in-lima-ohio/) · as of Jul 23, 2026 · record google-bosc-lima-oh
- [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-confirmed-as-company-behind-500m-data-center-in-lima-ohio/) · as of Jul 7, 2026
- [Allen Economic Development Group (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.aedg.org/data-center-updates/google-to-build-data-center-in-lima-ohio-with-500-million-capital-investment/) · as of Jul 7, 2026
- [Google / Allen County Data Center (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.allencountydatacenter.com/) · as of Jul 7, 2026
- [The Lima News (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.limaohio.com/top-stories/2026/03/16/google-officially-behind-data-center-project/) · as of Jul 7, 2026
- [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=597555ce8e4a4892a030784a7c657fdd) · as of Jul 23, 2026
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/google-project-bosc-lima-oh) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 104708147684276

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Google Project BOSC (Lima)", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/google-project-bosc-lima-oh-dc_5f3b43f2a3b4, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.