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Stargate Lordstown Campus

OpenAILordstown, Trumbull County, OHUpdated

OpenAI is building a 1500 MW data center in Trumbull County, Ohio (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.

Capacity
1500 MW
Investment
$3
Building area
6 sq ft
Expected completion
2026

Who's on this build

Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.

Schedule

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.

  1. this year

    Expected completionPlanned

  2. Today

    Under construction

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  3. 12 mo ago

    Announced

  4. 12 mo ago

    Reported as announced

    Event date: · First observed: Not reported

  5. 12 mo ago

    Reported as announced

    Event date: · First observed: Not reported

  6. last year

    Construction start

Reported updates without an event date

Record quality

Datasets
2, figures differ
Location
Site footprint confirmed
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
OpenAIOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-ohOperator · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0992
Stage
Under constructionStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-ohStage · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0992
Facility type
AI data centerFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 5816079583929

Scale

Reported capacity
1500 MWReported capacity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-oh
Reported investment
$3Reported investment · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 5816079583929
Reported building area
6 sq ftReported building area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 5816079583929

Reported dates

Announced
2025-09-23Announced · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-ohReported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
Construction start reported
2025Construction start reported · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-oh
Expected completion
2026Expected completion · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0992

Site

City
LordstownCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-ohCity · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0992
County
TrumbullCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-ohCounty · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0992
State
OhioState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-ohState · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0992
Location precision
Site footprint confirmedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 5816079583929

Power and cooling

Utility
FirstEnergy (Ohio Edison)Utility · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 5816079583929
Power source
Grid powerPower source · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 5816079583929
Cooling
Closed loopCooling · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 5816079583929
AI workload
Confirmed AI or machine-learning workloadAI workload · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-oh

Permits and public records

Incentives reported
Ohio data-center sales-tax exemption (ORC §122.175, via JobsOhio / Ohio Tax Credit Authority) — statutory program; no OTCA approval confirmed for the Crescent Dune LLC / SoftBank / OpenAI site, and a moratorium on new data-center exemptions was in effect (2025–2026) (Ohio)Incentives reported · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 5816079583929

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasStargate Lordstown CampusUnder construction1500 MW
Server CountryOpenAI Stargate Lordstown CampusUnder constructionNot reported

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Jul 6, 2026 · Record: stargate-lordstown-oh
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. CA
  5. CA
  6. CA
  7. CA
  8. CA
  9. SC
    Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0992
  10. KW

Limitations and interpretation

  • This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
  • Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
  • An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
  • Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

Cite or correct this record

Kapwork Grow, “Stargate Lordstown Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-lordstown-campus-oh-dc_054a295b8ab9, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.

Report an error in this record and we will check it against the cited sources.

An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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