# Hanton City Business Park (data center anchor) > Proposed: a data center in Providence County, Rhode Island, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hanton-city-business-park-data-center-anchor-ri-dc_c07c4e909a9f Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hanton-city-business-park-data-center-anchor-ri-dc_c07c4e909a9f.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Hanton City Investments LLC has proposed a data center in Providence County, Rhode Island (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:** Hanton City Investments LLC (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **Announced:** 2026-05 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **City:** Smithfield (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **County:** Providence (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **State:** Rhode Island (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Community response:** Local opposition reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Utility:** Rhode Island Energy (Narragansett) (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** Mixed use, AI among other workloads (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **Facility type:** Enterprise (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 | Hanton City Business Park (data center anchor) | Proposed | Not reported | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Hanton City Business Park (data center anchor) under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Jul 23, 2026) reports it as proposed. ### Who is building Hanton City Business Park (data center anchor)? Hanton City Investments LLC is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Hanton City Business Park (data center anchor)? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Hanton City Business Park (data center anchor) get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Reported as announced](https://www.oceanstatemedia.org/technology/proposed-data-center-still-looms-over-smithfield-even-after-town-council-enacts-ban). Reported for 2026-05. ## Related records - [Hanton City Investments Smithfield Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hanton-city-investments-smithfield-data-center-ri-dc_8ab174d7266d): Same operator ## 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://www.oceanstatemedia.org/technology/proposed-data-center-still-looms-over-smithfield-even-after-town-council-enacts-ban) · as of Jul 23, 2026 · record hanton-city-smithfield-ri - [Ocean State Media (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.oceanstatemedia.org/technology/proposed-data-center-still-looms-over-smithfield-even-after-town-council-enacts-ban) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Valley Breeze (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/smithfield-puts-the-brakes-on-potential-data-center/article_cd279d3e-1bda-4e2e-b3ac-a716d776ab2f.html) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=597555ce8e4a4892a030784a7c657fdd) · as of Jul 23, 2026 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/hanton-city-business-park-data-center-anchor-ri) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 211640126577311 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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