SoftBank Data Center/PORTS Technology Campus
Piketon, Pike County, OH
Source: Primary source
SoftBank Data Center/PORTS Technology Campus is a under construction data center in Pike County, OH, operated by Softbank/Open AI (unconfirmed). DataCentersExposed has documented 9,200 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkPurpose: AI. DOE plant that previously produced enriched uranium, including highly enriched weapons-grade uranium, for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, the US nuclear weapons program, and Navy submarines. In later years, it produced low-enriched uranium for fuel for commercial nuclear power reactors. Part of $550 billion trade deal between the Trump administrtaion and the Japanese government. Would be largest fracked gas power plant in the world Announced investment: $30.0B. Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.
Operator chain
- Files asSoftbank/Open AI (unconfirmed)
- This facilitySoftBank Data Center/PORTS Technology Campus
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: GDELT- SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle launch $500B Stargate AI data center expansion in Ohio and four other US sites - PluangPluang· Jun 29, 2026
- SoftBank collaborates with OpenAI and Oracle on Stargate AI data center in Ohio - Crypto BriefingCrypto Briefing· Jun 29, 2026
- Planned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactors - Tom's HardwareTom's Hardware· Mar 20, 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.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Vern Riffe Career Technology C in Piketon, is 2.8 mi from this site (443 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.