# Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)

> Proposed: a data center in Ross County, Ohio, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

Aligned has proposed a data center in Ross County, Ohio (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Aligned (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $1.50B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Jul 2, 2026 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **City:** Chillicothe (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **County:** Ross (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **State:** Ohio (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Likely AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) | Proposed | Not reported |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 9, 2026) reports it as proposed.

### Who is building Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)?

Aligned is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### Which carriers serve Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

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## Latest updates

- **Jul 2, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2026/07/02/1-5-billion-high-performance-computing-campus-planned-for-former-chillicothe-paper-mill/)

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## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2026/07/02/1-5-billion-high-performance-computing-campus-planned-for-former-chillicothe-paper-mill/) · as of Sep 9, 2026 · record aligned-chillicothe-ross-oh
- [Scioto Valley Guardian (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2026/07/02/1-5-billion-high-performance-computing-campus-planned-for-former-chillicothe-paper-mill/) · as of Aug 27, 2026
- [WOSU Public Media (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.wosu.org/2026-07-06/data-center-and-more-new-tenants-expected-for-shuttered-chillicothe-paper-mill-site) · as of Aug 27, 2026
- [Athens County Independent (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://athensindependent.com/data-centers-across-appalachian-ohio/) · as of Sep 9, 2026
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/aligned-hpc-campus-at-former-pixelle-paper-mill-chillicothe-oh) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 157567499892028

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-hpc-campus-at-former-pixelle-paper-mill-chillicothe-oh-dc_8f4e8adbf53c, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.
