County · Ohio
Franklin County
Population 1,361,536 · Census Bureau Vintage-2025 estimate
Last scored Jul 13, 2026 · Data may be stale
Composite · JPAS tier readings
Power
Power reads 60 of 100, sourced evidence. Power measures grid capacity, interconnection-queue depth, generation mix, retail price and substation density. Interconnection-queue depth is an estimated roll-up (EST); queue vintage PJM 2026-04-28, CAISO 2025-02-12.
Politics
Regulatory reads 75 of 100, sourced evidence. Regulatory measures air-quality designation under the Clean Air Act and commercial permitting activity. Regulatory is evidenced by air-quality designation and permitting activity; a county absent from EPA's nonattainment list reads as attainment.
Community reads 47 of 100, sourced evidence. Community measures enacted moratoria, pending legislation and farmland share as signals of local consent.
Incentives reads 100 of 100, estimated evidence. Incentives measures state program baselines and disclosed awards for data-center and industrial projects.
Resources
Water reads 73 of 100, sourced evidence. Water measures drinking-water system health, basin stress, streamflow and groundwater conditions.
Real estate / site reads 62 of 100, sourced evidence. Real estate / site measures developable land share, convertible sites, substation hosting and permit velocity.
Environmental reads 24 of 100, sourced evidence. Environmental measures FEMA hazard risk across riverine, coastal, wind, wildfire and related perils.
Labor reads 80 of 100, sourced evidence. Labor measures electrician depth, wages, unemployment and prevailing-wage floors in the county labor market.
Connectivity
Connectivity is not yet activated as a brief section; the Network tier reading is shown.
Network reads 89 of 100, sourced evidence. Network measures broadband availability, fiber and middle-mile programs, and exchange-point proximity.
Density · JDS
Density · Active · 61 of 100
Data-center density is concentrated in this county (JDS Active, 61 of 100). County grain: computed from facilities, construction and permitted projects resolved to this county.
Trajectory · JTS
- ModeledJTS-01 Trajectory rate of change — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-02 Inflection points — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- ModeledJTS-03 Trajectory volatility — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-04 Momentum — rising — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-05 Forecast confidence decay — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- ModeledJTS-06 Substation & transmission build trajectory — falling — Modeled — covers 2026
- ModeledJTS-07 Utility capital investment trend — rising — Modeled — covers 2020–2025
Windows held: 2026 · 2020–2025. Direction and evidence label only; horizons extend only as data lands.
Commercial Permit Activity
6 permits in this jurisdiction · 2 over 10,000 sq ft
Commercial · electrical · new-construction permits filed 2024+ (Shovels.ai)
Water & Cooling Readiness
Water posture inferred from statewide data; no jurisdiction-level water measurement is available.
Water posture inferred from nearby jurisdictions' measurements.
Gauge data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Local Moratorium Activity
5 data-center moratorium instruments tracked across municipalities in this county · 4 currently in force
Grove City · Jackson Township (Franklin County) · Pleasant Township (Franklin County) · Prairie Township (Franklin County) · Washington Township (Franklin County)
Data: Moratorium Nation (mjbommar) — CC-BY-4.0
JPS Score Breakdown · Jurisdiction Posture Score
Per-dimension posture values are not yet published for this jurisdiction.
Infrastructure Map
Faraday's Read
Franklin County currently carries a Restricted posture tier with a composite score of 0, driven almost entirely by a permitting dimension score of 1, suggesting a difficult near-term environment for data center development. The underlying attribute evidence base, however, is more substantial than the headline score implies: sourced data spans environmental, labor, network, power, regulatory, and water categories at 0.85 confidence, contributing to a Moderate quality and Medium completeness rating overall. History shows the jurisdiction moved from a Mixed tier to Restricted in early July 2026, with the shift attributed to a permit-velocity composite measure and a subsequent scale migration that preserved ordering rather than reflecting a substantive change in conditions. Development density data is unscored, and the forecast direction is listed as stable but with unscored confidence, so little can be said about where the posture is headed. Facility presence is minimal, with only one known facility and no operational capacity or megawattage on record, reinforcing that this remains a thin, early-stage record despite the reasonably solid attribute evidence underlying it.
Gilbert Faraday · Aug 4, 2026
Recent Signals
No signal events in the past 30 days for this jurisdiction.