ARE-ON Hope
Hope, AR
Source: Primary source
ARE-ON Hope is a mapped data center in AR.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkArkansas Research and Education Optical Network (AREON) — colocation facility (2 networks present). Source: PeeringDB.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Springfield's $1.3B data center brings economic hope — and environmental skepticismWYSO Public Radio· Aug 14, 2026
- DATA CENTER ANTI-CONFERENCE ANCHOR OF HOPE INVITATIONAL RETURNS WITH ITS LARGEST VETERAN WORKFORCE INITIATIVE TO DATEEIN Presswire· Aug 7, 2026
- EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration drafting ban on Chinese data center devices, sources sayReuters· Aug 4, 2026
- Data center industry expands hopes in Western Pa., but its future remains uncertainTribLIVE.com· Aug 1, 2026
- Texas Democrats hope to seize on AI data center backlash that's dividing rural RepublicansCBS News· Jul 23, 2026
- Red Oak embraced data centers. Now neighbors are pushing backDallas News· Jul 22, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Hope Academy in Hope, is 0.3 mi from this site (217 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.