OpenAI Stargate Lordstown
2300 HALLOCK YOUNG RD, WARREN, OH, 44481 · WARREN, Trumbull County, OH
Source: Primary source
OpenAI Stargate Lordstown is a mapped data center in Trumbull County, OH.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 13, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkOpenAI Stargate Lordstown — frontier AI data center campus tracked by Epoch AI, operated by Softbank. Located from Epoch AI's Frontier Data Centers dataset (CC-BY 4.0); operational status not independently verified.
In the news
source: GDELT- OpenAI weighs leasing Ohio data center with Nvidia backing, The Information reports (June 9) By Reuters - Investing.comInvesting.com· Jun 15, 2026
- OpenAI weighs leasing Ohio data center with Nvidia backing, The Information reports (June 9) - TradingViewTradingView· Jun 15, 2026
- Market Chatter: OpenAI in Advanced Talks for Ohio Data Center Lease - MoomooMoomoo· Jun 10, 2026
- OpenAI eyes potential $500 billion data center on federal land in Ohio, per report - The Columbus DispatchThe Columbus Dispatch· Jun 10, 2026
- Report: OpenAI and Nvidia in talks to team up for 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio - Sherwood NewsSherwood News· Jun 10, 2026
- OpenAI weighs Nvidia-backed lease for 10 GW Ohio data center campus - Network WorldNetwork World· Jun 10, 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.
Ohio reported $130.4M in Sales/use tax exemption for qualified property used in an eligible computer data center (R.C. § 122.175) for FY2024 (Ohio Department of Taxation / Office of Budget and Management). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
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.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site cleared at the PJM-wide (RTO) price, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Youngstown), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Lordstown High School in Warren, is 1.9 mi from this site (193 students).
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.