# Delaware County, Ohio: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Delaware, Orange Township and Liberty Township Delaware County is one of the places the data center build-out is physically happening. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 4 data centers in Delaware County. Delaware County is home to Delaware, Orange Township, Liberty Township and Genoa Township. 2 projects are on the Delay Watchlist, including Amazon Data Services Sunbury data center campus. Employers here counted 100,816 jobs in 2025, up 11.4% from 2019 (the 6th fastest growth of 88 Ohio counties). 9 MW has retired here since 2019, including O'Shaughnessy Hydro (hydro, 5 MW, 2025). 4 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map +11.4% total jobs since 2019, now 100,816 9 MW of generating capacity retired since 2019 ## Cities and towns in Delaware County Delaware County is home to Delaware, Orange Township, Liberty Township and Genoa Township. Delaware46,636 residents Orange Township41,832 residents Liberty Township40,625 residents Genoa Township27,720 residents Powell18,269 residents Columbus15,455 residents · 2% of the city Concord Township12,448 residents Berlin Township10,766 residents Westerville9,119 residents · 24% of the city Sunbury8,857 residents Berkshire Township6,329 residents Harlem Township5,113 residents Dublin4,216 residents · 9% of the city Scioto Township4,169 residents Delaware Township2,915 residents Kingston Township2,690 residents Trenton Township2,538 residents Troy Township2,408 residents Porter Township2,380 residents Radnor Township1,748 residents Brown Township1,571 residents Ashley1,343 residents Ostrander1,219 residents Oxford Township1,054 residents And 4 smaller places. - Columbus also extends into [Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/franklin-county), [Fairfield County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/fairfield-county). - Westerville also extends into [Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/franklin-county). - Dublin also extends into [Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/franklin-county), [Union County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/union-county). Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Kilbourne, Radnor. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Delaware County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Ohio | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 215,181 | 242,032 | ▲ 12.5% | 11th of 88 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 90,527 | 100,816 | ▲ 11.4% | 6th of 88 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $57,489 | $75,804 | ▲ 31.9% | — | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 744 | 768 | ▲ 3.2% | — | | Power line construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 59 | 93 | ▲ 57.6% | — | | Data processing and hosting jobs (2019 → 2025) | 99 | 149 | ▲ 50.5% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.2% | 3.1% | ▼ 0.1pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 1 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 9 MW | | — | 1 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. 242,032 people live here, up 12.5% since 2020. Electrical contractors employ 768, up 3.2% since 2019 against up 37.0% statewide, at an average $150,003 a year. Its power plants have 1 MW of capacity, 100% of it solar. Ohio Power Co is the largest utility serving Delaware County, one of 9 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 19.33¢/kWh in 2024, above the 15.40¢ median for Ohio utilities. Unemployment was 3.1% in August 2026, against 3.2% in 2019. ## Who powers Delaware County ### Utilities with service territory in Delaware County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Ohio Power Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 1,339,232 | 19.33¢ | 22% | | Ohio Edison Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 957,780 | 16.18¢ | 18% | | Duke Energy Ohio Inc | Investor Owned | Bundled | 693,435 | 15.00¢ | 26% | | Dayton Power & Light Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 478,741 | 15.32¢ | 20% | | Licking Rural Electric Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 25,820 | 16.88¢ | 7% | | Consolidated Cooperative | Cooperative | Bundled | 16,897 | 16.11¢ | 24% | | City of Westerville - (OH) | Municipal | Bundled | 15,713 | 13.19¢ | 58% | | Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 11,812 | 15.67¢ | 17% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Solar | 1 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Vertiv Solar | Onsite Partners Projectco, LLC | Solar | 1 MW | 2024 | ### Retired since 2019 | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | O'Shaughnessy Hydro | Hydro | 5 MW | 2025 | | Battery Utility of Ohio | Battery storage | 4 MW | 2023 | ## The Delaware County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 100,816 | $75,804 | 1.00 | | Electrical contractors | 768 | $150,003 | 1.06 | | Power and communication line construction | 93 | $66,030 | 0.57 | | Electric utilities | 89 | $128,323 | 0.33 | | Data processing and hosting | 149 | $130,649 | 0.48 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Delaware County 4 data centers in Delaware County are on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ### Delay Watchlist | Project | Status | Cause | MW | |---|---|---|---| | Amazon Data Services Sunbury data center campus | pending review | local moratoriumcommunity opposition | — | | Amazon Data Services Sunbury Campus | proposed amid local moratorium and ballot fight | local moratoriumballot initiative threat | — | ## Delaware County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Delaware County, Franklin County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Delaware County | 242,032 | ▲ 11.4% | 1 MW | — | 4 | — | | Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/franklin-county) | 1,361,536 | ▲ 3.4% | 15 MW | 400 MW | 56 | 1 | | Knox County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/knox-county) | 64,002 | ● 0.0% | — | — | — | — | | Licking County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/licking-county) | 185,564 | ▲ 18.7% | 3 MW | 350 MW | 32 | — | | Marion County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/marion-county) | 65,115 | ▼ 5.9% | 114 MW | — | — | — | | Morrow County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/morrow-county) | 36,305 | ▼ 2.5% | — | — | — | — | | Union County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/union-county) | 73,446 | ▲ 9.8% | 565 MW | 50 MW | 7 | — | ## More of Ohio [All Ohio countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio)[Franklin County1,361,536 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/franklin-county)[Licking County185,564 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/licking-county)[Union County73,446 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/union-county)[Marion County65,115 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/marion-county)[Knox County64,002 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/knox-county) ## Delaware County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Delaware County, Ohio? 9 utilities have service territory in Delaware County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Ohio Power Co, Ohio Edison Co, Duke Energy Ohio Inc, Dayton Power & Light Co. The largest, Ohio Power Co, charged residential customers 19.33¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Delaware, OH in? Delaware is in Delaware County, Ohio. About 46,636 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Orange Township, OH in? Orange Township is in Delaware County, Ohio. About 41,832 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Liberty Township, OH in? Liberty Township is in Delaware County, Ohio. About 40,625 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Delaware County? 1 operating plant with 1 MW of capacity. The largest is Vertiv Solar (1 MW, solar). ### Are there data centers in Delaware County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 4 data centers in Delaware County. ### Is Delaware County adding jobs? Employers counted 100,816 jobs in 2025 against 90,527 in 2019 (+11.4%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Delaware County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Delaware County. Ohio has 105 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/ohio/delaware-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).