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Fairfield County officials announce Vantage Data Centers plan, promise jobs and infrastructure investments
Summary
Commissioner Jeff Hicks and county economic-development director Rick Zabrak said Vantage Data Centers is proposing a multi-building campus near Millersport that could include up to seven data centers, create "hundreds of jobs," guarantee $17 million to the community over 15 years and pay roughly $50 million for water and wastewater upgrades.
Commissioner Jeff Hicks and Rick Zabrak, the county's director of economic and workforce development, described a proposed Vantage Data Centers campus near Millersport that officials say could reshape parts of northeastern Fairfield County.
"We've been talking for years about our fight against generational poverty here in Fairfield County," Commissioner Jeff Hicks said, introducing the project and noting the county's broader work on housing, transportation and daycare. He asked Zabrak to summarize the proposal.
Zabrak said the project would be Vantage's second Ohio campus after New Albany and "could be as large as 7 different data centers." He acknowledged common concerns that data centers…
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