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SoftBank Data Center/PORTS Technology Campus

Official DOE, SB Energy, and OpenAI sources document a phased PORTS-Pike campus, separate planned natural-gas generation, and an approximately 8 GW-IT OpenAI contract for future capacity. The dataset's 9,200 MW remains reported generation/project context rather than confirmed energized or operating IT load.

Under constructionconfirmedMedium concern

Site Snapshot

Location
Piketon, Pike County, Ohio
Operator / sponsor
Softbank/Open AI (unconfirmed)
Status / stage
Under construction · under construction
Scale
9200 MW reported; Mega campus (>1,000 MW); 640 acres; expected online 2028
Reported project context; confirm whether any MW figure is requested, approved, energized, IT load, generation, or ultimate buildout before comparing it with another record.Capacity reading: Project-scale context · MW type not established · Site area · Target online date

Compute Workload

This panel tracks what the facility is for without assuming that every project is AI training, inference, or cloud capacity.

Undisclosed / unknownUnknown

No source-backed workload, customer, hardware, or training/inference allocation is attached to this record yet.

Workload classification remains unknown in the reviewed record.

Public Money

Source reviewed September 9, 2026: SB Energy says it will invest $4.2 billion through AEP Ohio for transmission and grid upgrades, while SB Energy and OpenAI describe an $80 million community fund. These are stated infrastructure and community commitments, not proof of spent public money; the dataset's $30 billion project-cost field remains separate.

Source links for this fieldData Center DynamicsSoftbank Eyes 10gw Data Center At Former Doe Nuclear Enrichment Site In Ohiocleveland.comMassive 33 Billion Natural Gas Power Plant Breaks Ground In Southern Ohiowowktv.comJapan Trade Deal To Bring Billion Dollar Natural Gas Project To Southeast Ohiocommerce.govFact Sheet U.S. Japan Trade Deal

Water

Source reviewed September 9, 2026: OpenAI says PORTS-Pike will use closed-loop, air-cooled cooling, recirculate water, and later publish expected water use after site design is finalized. The reviewed source does not publish a final withdrawal, consumption, or wastewater quantity.

Source links for this fieldData Center DynamicsSoftbank Eyes 10gw Data Center At Former Doe Nuclear Enrichment Site In Ohiocleveland.comMassive 33 Billion Natural Gas Power Plant Breaks Ground In Southern Ohiowowktv.comJapan Trade Deal To Bring Billion Dollar Natural Gas Project To Southeast Ohiocommerce.govFact Sheet U.S. Japan Trade Deal

Power

Source reviewed September 9, 2026: DOE and SB Energy describe a 10 GW data-center development with 9.2 GW of planned natural-gas generation and phased capacity beginning with 800 MW. OpenAI separately says it has contracted for approximately 8 GW-IT over time, with NVIDIA credit support for an initial 4.25 IT-GW. The dataset's 9,200 MW remains generation/project-scale context; the customer-specific IT figures are not a claim that the full campus is energized or operating.

Source links for this fieldcleveland.comMassive 33 Billion Natural Gas Power Plant Breaks Ground In Southern OhioU.S. Department of EnergyEnergy Department Announces Partnership to Ensure Affordable Energy and Power America’s AI Future (March 20, 2026)Data Center DynamicsSoftbank Eyes 10gw Data Center At Former Doe Nuclear Enrichment Site In Ohiowowktv.comJapan Trade Deal To Bring Billion Dollar Natural Gas Project To Southeast Ohio

Bloom / Fuel Cells

No fuel-cell or Bloom Energy source is attached to this project yet.

NDA / Secrecy

No NDA reported

Missing NDA / secrecyFields with source leads: Public money, Water, Power
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Sources and Leads

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Data Center DynamicsSoftbank Eyes 10gw Data Center At Former Doe Nuclear Enrichment Site In Ohiocleveland.comMassive 33 Billion Natural Gas Power Plant Breaks Ground In Southern Ohiowowktv.comJapan Trade Deal To Bring Billion Dollar Natural Gas Project To Southeast Ohiocommerce.govFact Sheet U.S. Japan Trade DealData Center DynamicsOpenai In Talks To Lease 10gw Data Center From Sb Energy In OhioData Center DynamicsNvidia Confirms It Will Back 425gw Of Openai Capacity At Ports Pike Mega Data CenterU.S. Department of EnergyEnergy Department Announces Partnership to Ensure Affordable Energy and Power America’s AI Future (March 20, 2026)PORTS-Pike Technology CampusPORTS-Pike Technology CampusOpenAIOpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project (August 17, 2026)FracTracker AllianceOpen U.S. Data Centers TrackerArcGIS source rowSoftBank Data Center/PORTS Technology Campus dataset attributes