Project Triton
Barberton, Summit County, OH
Source: Primary source
Project Triton is a proposed data center in Summit County, OH. DataCentersExposed has documented a 485,000 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
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Summit, Ohio
Project Triton in Barberton, OH is contested. Petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-construction-of-project-triton-in-norton-and-barberton-residential-areas Track what's being decided, when, and how to weigh in.
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Overview
source: link6 on-site natural gas turbines proposed Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.
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- Organizers gather in Barberton to protest data centersWKYC· May 24, 2026
- Barberton City Schools investigating financial forecasting errorsAkron Beacon Journal· Dec 28, 2025
- Barberton approves open-ended moratorium on data centersAkron.com· Nov 20, 2025
- Some Summit County voters will have a new polling place for the Nov. 4 General ElectionAkron Beacon Journal· Oct 23, 2025
- Norton halts data center plan at former PPG mine site amid community oppositionCleveland.com· Oct 18, 2025
- Massive data center proposal on former mine site in Norton is not moving forwardAkron Beacon Journal· Oct 17, 2025
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.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Barberton Primary School in Barberton, is 1.0 mi from this site (762 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.