PORTS-Pike Technology Campus, in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
3 events, August 17, 2026 to September 2, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 6 statements, 12 figures from other sources and 8 lines that are not events of their own. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Ohio.
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2017 1 under the months
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Also in January 2017: 1 statement
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Statement · Derek Merrin
Merrin voted in 2017 for Ohio's 2018-19 budget which included tax breaks for data centers. TiffinOhio.net local outlet
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2024 2 under the months
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Also in September 2024: 1 figure from another source
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Figure · TiffinOhio.net
6,300,000 dollars: American Electric Power Service Corporation received $6.3 million in data center tax breaks from the state as of September 2024. TiffinOhio.net local outlet
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Figure · TiffinOhio.net
2,500,000,000 dollars: Between 2017 and 2024, Ohio provided about $2.5 billion in tax incentives to attract data center development. TiffinOhio.net local outlet
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2026 3 events
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being built
OpenAI entered into a 20 year lease agreement with SB Energy and SoftBank Group on Monday [13]
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approved
Bechtel and Kiewit Corp tapped to provide engineering, procurement, construction and other services for PORTS Pike [4]
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Also in August 2026: 3 statements, 9 figures from other sources and 4 lines that are not events of their own
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Project is being built at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, a former uranium enrichment facility [13]
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By 2028 facility is set to generate 800 megawatts before construction is complete [13]
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Statement · Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO and President
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said now is the time to scale the AI infrastructure that will power the next industrial revolution Washington Examiner national outlet
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Statement · Chris Wright, Energy Secretary
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the data center will be bigger than any facility ever built in world history Washington Examiner national outlet
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Statement · OpenAI
OpenAI said this gives a site that once supported American industry and national security a new role building infrastructure for the Intelligence Era Washington Examiner national outlet
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Figure · Washington Examiner
1.56 GW: Largest operating U.S. data center by power capacity is SpaceXAI Colossus 2 in Tennessee at 1.563 gigawatts Washington Examiner national outlet
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Figure · Washington Examiner
8 GW: Data center is planned to provide at least 8 gigawatts or 8 billion watts of electrical power Washington Examiner national outlet
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Figure · Washington Examiner
10 GW: Plans to eventually expand power capacity to 10 gigawatts Washington Examiner national outlet
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Entry
PORTS Pike data center campus located on site of former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant uranium enrichment facility near Columbus, Ohio [4]
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SB Energy will develop, own and operate data center campus including power generation [4]
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Figure · enr.com
1,500,000,000 dollars: NVIDIA will invest 1.5 billion dollars in SB Energy to support its growth enr.com local outlet
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Figure · enr.com
4.25 GW: Initial deployment expected to provide 4.25 gigawatts of AI factory capacity enr.com local outlet
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Figure · enr.com
105,000,000,000 dollars: NVIDIA plans to invest up to 105 billion dollars to secure land, power and shell capacity for PORTS Pike Technology Campus enr.com local outlet
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Figure · enr.com
4,200,000,000 dollars: SB Energy plans to invest at least 4.2 billion dollars in new regional grid infrastructure through partnership with AEP Ohio enr.com local outlet
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Figure · enr.com
9.2 GW: PORTS Pike power generation capacity about 9.2 gigawatts from natural gas enr.com local outlet
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Figure · enr.com
10 GW: PORTS Pike Technology Campus planned 10 gigawatt data center campus enr.com local outlet
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waiting on permits
Prime Data Centers developer detailed Starpointe data center proposal on September 2, 2026 [12]
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Also in September 2026: 2 statements, 1 figure from another source and 4 lines that are not events of their own
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Entry
Construction on each building expected to take between 14 to 16 months [12]
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Prime hopes to begin work on the project sometime in early 2027 [12]
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Statement · Kate Nolan Bryden, Prime Data Centers Senior Vice President of Development
Kate Nolan Bryden, Prime Senior Vice President of Development and project lead, testified that the facility will use advanced closed loop cooling systems Observer-Reporter local outlet
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PORTS-Pike Technology Campus is a 10 GW data center with co located gas generator [2]
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Decision · Pike County (county)
Ohio Power Siting Board public hearing scheduled for Baku Gavin Transmission Line project on October 27, 2026 at 6 p.m. at Jackson High School Auditorium. yahoo.com
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Statement · Derek Merrin, Republican congressional candidate
Derek Merrin reported capital gains of at least $1,200 from Nvidia stock and options in a financial disclosure covering 2025 through mid-2026. TiffinOhio.net local outlet
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Figure · TiffinOhio.net
75 percent: 75% of Ohio respondents oppose the construction of data centers in their communities according to a September poll from Bowling Green State University. TiffinOhio.net local outlet
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