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Perry Township Data Center

Canton, Stark County, OHDeveloper: Panattoni Development

Also known as Panattoni Perry Township Data Center

Under constructionDevelopers broke ground in 2026; a residents' lawsuit over township approvals does not seek to halt development
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Panattoni Development Company is building a 240-megawatt data center in Perry Township, Stark County, on a site of more than 100 acres at Faircrest Street SW and Kropf Avenue. The city of Canton and Perry Township trustees approved it under a JEDD agreement, the Stark County Board of Commissioners gave final approval to its tax break 2-0 in June 2026, and developers broke ground earlier in 2026; local officials say it is an Amazon data center. Residents have raised concerns about air quality, water, noise and secrecy, and some are petitioning for a statewide ballot measure on large data centers.

Planned capacity
240 MW[1]

Key facts

Size & schedule

Planned capacity240 MW [1]
Source excerpt
“The project aims to bring a 240-megawatt data center to a more than 100-acre site at Faircrest Street SW and Kropf Avenue in Perry Township.”
Site sizemore than 100 [1]
Source excerpt
“The project aims to bring a 240-megawatt data center to a more than 100-acre site at Faircrest Street SW and Kropf Avenue in Perry Township.”
Floor areatwo buildings of approximately 218,000 sq ft each and two of approximately 160,000 sq ft each [2]
Source excerpt
“Two buildings of approximately 218,000 square feet each. Two buildings of approximately 160,000 square feet each”
Construction jobs670 [2]
approximately
Source excerpt
“approximately 670 construction jobs”

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Water

Water sourcemunicipal (City of Canton) [2]
Source excerpt
“City of Canton will supply water to the project and has confirmed that there is adequate excess capacity to serve the facility”
Coolingambient air in cooler months; active cooling mainly in summer [2]
Source excerpt
“facility utilizes ambient air during cooler months. Active cooling is primarily reserved for the warmer summer months”

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesCommunity Reinvestment Area property tax abatement: Perry Township receives $2.75 million upfront and forgoes 75% of future property taxes from the project for 30 years [6]
Source excerpt
“The property tax abatement gives Perry Township $2.75 million upfront in exchange for foregoing 75% of future property tax payments from the project for 30 years.”
Abatement term30 years [6]
Source excerpt
“The property tax abatement gives Perry Township $2.75 million upfront in exchange for foregoing 75% of future property tax payments from the project for 30 years.”

Local decisions & site

Deciding voteStark County Board of Commissioners approved 2-0 in June 2026; Commissioner Alan Harold abstained [3]
Source excerpt
“The vote was 2 to 0. Commissioner Alan Harold abstained.”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Planned capacity240 MW [1]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Lawsuits

Perry Township residents v. Perry Township Board of Trustees et al.pending [5]
Residents allege the township's amended noise ordinance and a tax-exemption consent resolution were adopted in violation of the Ohio Revised Code and the Open Meetings Act; Panattoni, the Stark County commissioners, the City of Canton and the Perry Local Schools board are also named.
· filed Sep 1, 2026
Source excerpt
“The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, challenges the amended noise ordinance approved by trustees in October, along with the tax-exemption consent resolution approved by the board in March.”

Timeline

  1. Perry Township trustees and the city of Canton approve the project under a JEDD agreement [3]

  2. Developers break ground on the 240-megawatt data center [5]

  3. Perry Township trustees approve the Community Reinvestment Area tax break agreement for the data center [6]

  4. Panattoni hosts an open house at Perry High School on the project [1]

  5. The Canton Repository describes the Amazon data center in Perry Township as under construction [7]

  6. Canton City Council approves the tax break agreement [6]

  7. Stark County Board of Commissioners approves the project's Community Reinvestment Area tax deal, the final step in granting it [6]

  8. Residents sue the Perry Township trustees, Panattoni and other local bodies over the noise ordinance and tax-exemption resolution; the suit does not seek to halt development [5]

Issues raised

  • Residents raised concerns about inhalable particles, water, noise and secrecy [1]
  • Opponents are collecting signatures for a statewide ballot initiative to ban large-scale data centers [1][4]
  • County Commissioner Richard Regula said he believes there was a conflict of interest [3]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. Some Stark County residents skeptical of developers' answers on data center project
    Ideastream Public Media · Apr 15, 2026 · news
  2. Data Center Community FAQ
    Perry Township, Stark County · Apr 2026 · government
  3. Perry Data Center Gets County OK
    WHBC · Jun 11, 2026 · news
  4. As data center proposals spread across Stark County, neighbors fear what's next
    News 5 Cleveland · Jun 25, 2026 · news
  5. Stark County residents sue township trustees alleging lack of transparency in data center project
    Ideastream Public Media · Sep 3, 2026 · news
  6. Stark County grants final approval for Perry Twp. data center tax break
    The Canton Repository (via AOL) · Jun 11, 2026 · news
  7. Stark County officials try to balance data center progress, pushback
    The Canton Repository (via AOL) · May 17, 2026 · news

Cite this page

Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). Perry Township Data Center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/panattoni-perry-township-stark-county-oh
MLA“Perry Township Data Center.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/panattoni-perry-township-stark-county-oh.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/panattoni-perry-township-stark-county-oh

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