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Stargate Lordstown

Lordstown, Trumbull County, OHDeveloper: SoftBank

Also known as SoftBank Lordstown data center

Under constructionSoftBank reported breaking ground in 2025; an April 2026 satellite review found land cleared but no large-scale data center construction visible
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

OpenAI named Lordstown as a Stargate site, saying SoftBank has broken ground there on an advanced data center at the former General Motors plant. SoftBank affiliate Crescent Dune LLC took title to the complex in 2025, and crews began site preparation along Hallock Young Road in October 2025. An April 2026 review by Epoch AI found land cleared but no large-scale data center construction visible.

Key facts

Size & schedule

Target completionOperational in 2026 (company-stated in September 2025) [1]
Source excerpt
“One site is located in Lordstown, Ohio, where SoftBank has broken ground on an advanced data center design which is on track to be operational next year.”

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

Not disclosed. No capacity or power-supply figure is on the record.

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 →

Timeline

  1. SoftBank affiliate Crescent Dune LLC takes title to the former GM complex and nearly 600 acres [2]

  2. OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank name Lordstown as a Stargate site where SoftBank has broken ground on a data center [1]

  3. Crews begin site preparation along Hallock Young Road [3]

  4. Epoch AI review reports land cleared but no large-scale data center construction visible [4]

Issues raised

  • Epoch AI describes the site as primarily a manufacturing facility for AI servers and data center equipment run by a SoftBank-Foxconn joint venture [4]
  • Epoch AI notes a ban on future data centers in Lordstown [4]

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. OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank expand Stargate with five new AI data center sites
    OpenAI · Sep 23, 2025 · company
  2. SoftBank Affiliate Takes Title to Lordstown Plant
    The Business Journal (Youngstown) · Sep 26, 2025 · news
  3. Preparation Work Begins on Lordstown Data Center
    The Business Journal (Youngstown) · Oct 28, 2025 · news
  4. OpenAI Stargate: where the US sites stand
    Epoch AI · Apr 17, 2026 · other
  5. Lordstown part of mammoth $500 billion artificial intelligence data center project
    WFMJ · Sep 24, 2025 · news
  6. Lordstown Data Center to be Operational Next Year
    The Business Journal (Youngstown) · Sep 24, 2025 · 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). Stargate Lordstown. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/stargate-lordstown-oh
MLA“Stargate Lordstown.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/stargate-lordstown-oh.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/stargate-lordstown-oh

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