Ohio Board Approves “Behind the Meter” Power Plant Near Columbus

Back in February, MDN told you that a company called PowerConneX had pre-applied to build a 120-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant at a 49-acre site in New Albany, Licking County (near Columbus) that will host a data center (see New Power Plant/Data Center Proposed in Columbus, OH Suburb). Instead of connecting to the local grid, the power plant will be "behind the meter"---providing 100% of its power to a local data center. The company filed the full, official application in June, expanding the capacity of the power plant to 216 MW. According to news we're just hearing about now, the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) approved the expanded application at its Nov. 20 board meeting.

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