Ohio in 2030: 10 Megaprojects About to Change These Towns Forever!

A few years ago, farmland in one corner of central Ohio sold for $5,000 to $10,000 an acre. Then the biggest private investment in Ohio history was announced next door, and the same land jumped to around $50,000. The project behind it is now at least five years behind schedule. We count down ten Ohio megaprojects, and for each one we show what was promised, where it actually stands as of October 2026, and what it means if you live nearby: Joby Aviation in Dayton, the Western Hills Viaduct, Cleveland Hopkins' CLEvolution, Cleveland's lakefront, LinkUS in Columbus, the Brent Spence Bridge, the Browns' domed stadium in Brook Park, the Honda and LG battery plant in Jeffersonville, Anduril's Arsenal-1 in Pickaway County, and Intel and the data-center boom in New Albany. Plus an honorable mention: passenger rail (3C+D). Figures are as reported by the sources below as of October 2026; timelines and costs change. Not investment or real-estate advice. CHAPTERS 0:00 Farmland at $50,000 an acre 0:30 The ten projects 1:43 Our rule: announced vs. built 2:13 #10 Joby Aviation, Dayton 3:44 #9 Western Hills Viaduct, Cincinnati 4:51 #8 Cleveland Hopkins Airport 6:19 #7 Cleveland's Lakefront 7:49 #6 LinkUS, Columbus 9:11 #5 Brent Spence Bridge Corridor 10:43 #4 The Browns' dome, Brook Park 12:57 #3 Honda & LG battery plant, Jeffersonville 15:14 #2 Anduril Arsenal-1, Pickaway County 16:55 #1 New Albany: Intel and the data-center boom 20:58 Honorable mention: passenger rail 21:38 Recap and four tips 22:35 Next time SOURCES JobsOhio (2024 results; Anduril; Sherwin-Williams); Sherwin-Williams Joby Aviation; WVXU (Western Hills Viaduct); Cleveland Hopkins International Airport; Axios Cleveland Spectrum News; WOSU; Central Ohio Transit Authority / LinkUS Engineering News-Record; Ohio Department of Transportation; Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Cleveland Browns; City of Brook Park; State of Ohio; Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Honda; LG Energy Solution; Nikkei; Office of Gov. Mike DeWine Anduril Industries; Intel; Amazon Web Services; Meta; Oklo; Elementl Power; All Aboard Ohio Maps: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line; Natural Earth. Charts are original to Hidden Ohio. CREDITS Full list of photos, stock footage and licences: see `credits-ho14.md` (paste into the description or a pinned comment). Music: "Deliberate Thought" and "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0. Notes Maps and charts are original to Hidden Ohio. Photos of the Intel Oregon fab and Oregon data centers are labelled "Similar site, not in Ohio"; Joby and Anduril aircraft photographed at test sites are labelled. Stock footage that is not the place itself is labelled "Illustrative". No third-party YouTube footage is used. TAGS Ohio megaprojects, Intel Ohio, New Albany data centers, Anduril Ohio, Honda LG battery plant, Brent Spence Bridge, Browns stadium Brook Park, LinkUS Columbus, Cleveland Hopkins, Joby Aviation Dayton, Western Hills Viaduct, Ohio development, Ohio real estate, Hidden Ohio