The tech giant controls nearly 800 acres in northwest Licking County

Although Intel is attracting all the attention thanks to its $20 billion investment in northwest Licking County, there is another tech Goliath that’s building a large presence in the same area.

That would be Amazon.

It has locked up multiple sites just west and south of the Intel development currently under construction in Jersey Township.

The most prominent location is a fulfillment center on 100 acres along Beech Road south of State Route 161 that opened in mid 2022.

A few key numbers for that development: one-million-square-foot facility, $250 million investment, projected 1,000 jobs. The complex is a neighbor to data centers for Meta to the east and Google to the south as part of the New Albany International Business Park.

Here are other holdings in the vicinity under the names of Amazon affiliates:

Amazon Data Services Inc.

Location: Beech Road (east and west sides of Beech and north and south of Miller Road)

Acres: 391 acres (total of three parcels)

Sale date: Jan. 17, 2023

Purchase price: $116,653,320

Licking County Auditor’s assessed value: None listed

Purpose: Not yet announced

Location: 2575 Newton Court (off Innovation Campus Way and bordered by Jug Street to the north)

Acres: 94.33 acres

Sale date: Sept. 16, 2022

Purchase price: $20,394,855

Licking County Auditor’s assessed value: $18,642,700

Purpose: Data center

Location: Beech Road (east side, north of Jug Street)

Acres: 112.85

Sale date: April 4, 2020

Purchase price: $21,840,000

Licking County Auditor’s assessed value: $21,840,000

Purpose: Not yet announced

Vadata

Location: 2550 Beech Road

Acres: 67.23 (total of two parcels)

Sale date: July 23, 2015

Purchase price: $12,783,900

Licking County Auditor’s assessed value: $153,406,200

Purpose: Data center

Location: Beech Road (east side, between Jug Street and Innovation Campus Way)

Acres: .93

Sale date: Oct. 6, 2015

Purchase price: $176,510

Licking County Auditor’s assessed value: $14,000

Purpose: Empty lot

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