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Looks like the data center bubble might be bursting: BUSINESS Microsoft shelves AI data-center deals in sign of potential oversupply, brokerage says Aditya SoniReuters (Reuters) - Microsoft has scrapped leases for sizeable data center capacity in the U.S., suggesting a potential oversupply at the tech giant as it builds out artificial intelligence infrastructure to meet a possible surge in demand, TD Cowen said. Microsoft previously announced plans to develop three data center campuses in Licking County and invest $1 billion in the initial stage as part of a project that received state tax incentives last year. The campuses were to be developed in New Albany, Heath and Hebron, with one building on each campus at first with the potential for several buildings on each site. https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2025/02/24/microsoft-shelves-ai-data-center-deals-brokerage-says-tech-news/80055352007/

Does this mean they'll be tearing down 3 of the 4 office buildings presently on the site?

Indeed, this is very welcome news! Really love the trajectory Southwest has in CMH with their slow and measured, but successful introduction of new cities. HOU and DAL followed similar 1x weekly --> daily service. Not sure if the new terminal will necessarily bring increased WN service. CMH is already pretty well-served all around; the only gaps left are to medium-large sized cities like RDU and MKE, and of course, international. Remains to be seen whether WN might go for routes like that once there's more real estate to run these flights from CMH.

That's a really good sign. Glad that, after so many years of talk, that the new terminal is finally happening.

Loving the new camera @CbusOrBust! Best thing to happen in 2025 so far!

Wow, didn't expect them to expand even more so quickly. It almost looks like a copy of the Nationwide buildings in Grandview Yard. I'm assuming these new buildings will go on the surface lots to the south of their existing buildings?

*Cries in Erie Canal*

I've always thought downtown Columbus' alleyways are an opportunity to create something unique in the downtown core. Many of them are no longer of much use as car thoroughfares and could be repurposed as unique "hole in the wall" spots for pop-up food service, art spaces, and other small-scale creative elements. We have seen this to some extent along Pearl Alley and, more recently, Cherry St. But a more concentrated effort involving Lynn, Wall, Lazelle, Elm, Young, etc. would be fantastic.

Reminds me of the Columbus Zoo pachyderm enclosure...

Not sure where that 29 number keeps coming from. CMH currently has 31 jet bridge equipped gates, some of which serve multiple stands. For example, the B29 bridge also serves the B29A line and the A6 bridge also serves the A6A line, which used to be gate A7 back in the day. There is also one hardstand gate, B30, which is used by Air Canada Express. So basically, the new terminal will also resolve what is currently a patchwork of bridges and hardstand gates to a standard configuration.

What a weird, hideous building. What are those little circles all along the façade? Is that going to be lighting? Love the progress on the elevated park, though.

Agreed. Such a shame that a path towards better transportation in Columbus and Franklin County finally passes and it's ultimately doomed to fail now that the Federal portion is all but guaranteed to disappear.

Pretty incredible how Bernardo Moreno, the child of wealthy, Colombian immigrants and educated at U of M no less, gets voted into an Ohio Senate seat by voters with a disdain towards immigrants, make less than the median national income, and who are fiercely loyal to Ohio State.

That's a shame, it looked like a really cool place with great drinks and menu. I don't know how much they got the word out, since every time I would come to Columbus it would never cross my mind as a place to check out, despite hitting up Franklinton on multiple occasions. Maybe a more established name could take on that location. It would pair very well with CBC's Beer Hall in the Trolley Barn at the East Market on the other side of town.

Having Allegiant at Rickenbacker is a net benefit for the airport and the CRAA. The flow of passengers through LCK unlocks tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars in federal funds for airport improvements. Consolidating at CMH would dry up that resource. It would also essentially mothball a perfectly good passenger terminal. Having G4 operate from LCK gives them a strategic advantage as well, lowering costs for the airline and streamlining operations.

https://www.jobsohio.com/en/blog/ohios-skies-a-look-at-the-success-of-jobsohios-air-service-restoration-program "New International and Domestic Flights: In collaboration with key local stakeholders, we have already seen significant returns on our investments in air service. This summer, Aer Lingus will launch a direct flight from Cleveland to Dublin, Ireland, and British Airways is launching a direct flight from Cincinnati Airport to London Heathrow, which are estimated to contribute $28M and $57M in annual economic impact, respectively[1][2]." This article indicates that Kentucky also allocated funds to the BA service: https://local12.com/news/local/ohio-kentucky-cvg-millions-incentives-land-carrier-british-airways-cincinnati-northern-kentucky-international-airport-london-revenue-guarantee-jobsohio "The states kicked in a three-year revenue guarantee for British Airways worth millions of dollars, but officials declined to provide an exact figure."

Same general feeling. CMH sits right on the line of being able to attract a transatlantic service, but is more on the lower end of the scale. I think by the time 2030 comes around, the economic and infrastructure changes now in motion will have pushed Columbus to the point where the market is attractive and viable for an airline to make the investment on a flight to a European destination.

Dang, I really like the overall look of this proposal. Too bad it's Arshot and comes with their sketchy track record of getting projects off the ground. Not sure where they think they'd get office tenants for the smaller tower; I feel like this would work perfectly well being purely residential with ground floor retail. I guess we'll see how this goes.

Wow, that's going to be an impressive sight arriving and departing out of CMH. Do you have a link for the FAA site where the requests have been filed? Between this and the Intel site, that's a lot of cranes!

I'm all for provocative and interesting architecture, but this amalgamation of styles is too much, in my opinion. The High St. façade looks like a 70s-era motel in the first ~5 stories. The white sections look like semitruck trailers. Then the south façade has no detail to it, like an afterthought. I think a more uniform West façade would help bring the building together.

I think Columbus is going the long way to getting rail transit, probably because they have to. Those old enough to remember previous attempts to fund rail transit in Columbus might recall general sentiments about passenger rail (as horribly wrong as they might be): 1. Rail is an antiquated form of transit. 2. If it doesn't serve me, I don't want it. 3. Let users (fares) pay for it. BRT is a more incremental, palatable step towards getting the better transit the community deserves and the proposal as it stands abates the misinformation still held by a lot of the populace. The situation in Columbus reminds me of the TransMilenio in Bogota. Talked about for decades, bus transit installed, shows it works, becomes overcrowded, city ends up building rail transit anyways.

I'm confused by the availability shown on their site also. I really love units, but the price point is way too high. Given the apparent quality put in, I think these would be positioned much better as for sale units rather than rentals. I could see buying and having a mortgage around those prices rather than rent. Or, they need to do a better job of saying what the price includes to justify the cost.

Preston Centre (PNC Bank) windows don't open either, do they? I wonder if the same considerations were taken in that building with its residential conversion.