A 345-acre stretch of farmland just outside Millersport, near Buckeye Lake, is suddenly playing in the big leagues. It hit the market this week with an asking price of $125 million, and it happens to sit directly across from a planned multibillion-dollar data-center campus. That kind of neighbor instantly raises the stakes, along with fresh questions about who will build, power and pay for the infrastructure a small Fairfield County village will need to keep up.
According to Columbus Business First, the seller is pitching the contiguous 345-acre site at $125 million and leaning hard on its access to major roads and nearby high-voltage transmission. The outlet notes the sheer size of the tract and its placement directly across from the planned data-center footprint, details that have both potential buyers and local officials watching the listing very closely.
Where it sits in the data-center map
Industry coverage shows Vantage Data Centers expanding across central Ohio and eyeing land around Millersport for a sizable campus, with local moves already pushing hundreds of acres toward data-center use. Data Center Dynamics and other trackers point to a fast-forming cluster of hyperscale projects in the region, along with annexation steps county officials have taken to make room for a multi-building, high-power campus.
Price signals and comparables
At the current ask, the Millersport tract pencils out to roughly $362,000 per acre, a price that signals a premium for large, development-ready blocks tied into serious infrastructure. Nearby commercial listings chasing the same crowd tell a similar story: a 73-acre Crexi listing is on the market at $25 million, which comes out to about $342,000 per acre, a comparison point that highlights how land with transmission access and freeway frontage is being priced in the Columbus area. As outlined by Columbus Business First, that math is already drawing interest from speculative investors and infrastructure-focused buyers.
Neighbors raise concerns and the power question
Not everyone in Millersport is thrilled about becoming data-center country. Residents have previously raised alarms about industrial noise, increased lighting, and heavy water and power use just outside the village limits, concerns aired in local coverage earlier in the planning process. Reporting republished from WCMH captured both those worries and the broader debate over whether large tax breaks and industrial-scale development are worth the tradeoffs for a small community.
On the developer side, the team behind the campus concept is already working the power angle. A proposed Millersport Energy Center, described by the project team as a behind-the-meter natural-gas facility meant to support high IT loads, has filed plans and envisions an initial 480 MW of generation with phased expansion, according to the project description on AlphaStruxure.
Annexation, tax breaks and next steps
State and county decisions have already smoothed parts of the runway for big construction. A state announcement tied to the local effort values the Vantage proposal at roughly $2.1 billion and notes that a data-center tax exemption was approved to support that level of investment. An Ohio Senate release on the approvals details the $2.1 billion figure and the tax-exemption terms that cleared at the state level. Those regulatory moves, combined with pending power-siting reviews, are likely to shape whether a buyer steps up to meet the $125 million asking price.
Whether the 345-acre parcel ultimately lands with a hyperscaler, a power provider or a patient land-banking investor will depend on how permitting, power deals and infrastructure planning shake out. For now, the listing sends a clear signal that global data-center economics are rewriting what rural ground around Columbus is worth, and that Millersport is set to be front and center in that shift in the months ahead.
