Residents and developers clash over proposed "Project Ruby" data center as council weighs overlay rules
Hundreds of residents and multiple council members debated a proposed hyperscale data center ("Project Ruby") and a technology overlay district. Speakers raised concerns about noise, water use, emissions and local jobs; Choose Columbus said permits are not yet issued and that the project's conceptual footprint is about 15% of the site.
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More than a dozen residents and business representatives addressed the Columbus City Council on March 10 about Project Ruby, a proposed hyperscale data‑center campus and the city's draft technology overlay district intended to set standards and guardrails for such projects.
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