# Stargate Lordstown Campus > Under construction: a 1500 MW data center in Trumbull County, Ohio, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-lordstown-campus-oh-dc_054a295b8ab9 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-lordstown-campus-oh-dc_054a295b8ab9.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records OpenAI is building a 1500 MW data center in Trumbull County, Ohio (under construction). 2 sources report 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), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** OpenAI (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 1500 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Reported building area:** 6 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $3 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** Sep 23, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Expected completion:** 2026 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** Lordstown (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** Trumbull (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** Ohio (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Utility:** FirstEnergy (Ohio Edison) (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) - **Cooling:** Closed loop (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Incentives reported:** Ohio data-center sales-tax exemption (ORC §122.175, via JobsOhio / Ohio Tax Credit Authority) — statutory program; no OTCA approval confirmed for the Crescent Dune LLC / SoftBank / OpenAI site, and a moratorium on new data-center exemptions was in effect (2025–2026) (Ohio) (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 | Stargate Lordstown Campus | Under construction | 1500 MW | | Server Country | OpenAI Stargate Lordstown Campus | Under construction | Not reported | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Stargate Lordstown Campus under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Jul 6, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction. ### Who is building Stargate Lordstown Campus? OpenAI is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is Stargate Lordstown Campus expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2026. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve Stargate Lordstown Campus? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Stargate Lordstown Campus 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 - [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2026. - **Sep 23, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://openai.com/index/five-new-stargate-sites/) - **Sep 22, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) - [Construction start reported](https://openai.com/index/five-new-stargate-sites/). Reported for 2025. ## Related records - [OpenAI Stargate - Saline Township Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/openai-stargate-saline-township-campus-mi-dc_aeffd7c853e1): Same operator - [Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-camellia-openai-effingham-county-campus-ga-dc_8c6de6a79038): Same operator - [Stargate Milam County Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-milam-county-campus-tx-dc_018c826e9750): Same operator - [Stargate Project Jupiter](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-project-jupiter-nm-dc_fdacd55a5c41): Same operator - [Stargate The Barn Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-the-barn-campus-mi-dc_42ec31d60a7e): Same operator - [5C Data Centers CMH01](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/5c-data-centers-cmh01-oh-dc_55d03911030a): Same state - [5C Group / Vultr Data Center (Prime Ohio)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/5c-group-vultr-data-center-prime-ohio-oh-dc_245a0d28883b): Same state - [AWS Fayette County (Jefferson Township)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-fayette-county-jefferson-township-oh-dc_0ec32d682ef9): Same state - [AWS New Albany (Beech/Miller Road Campus)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-new-albany-beech-miller-road-campus-oh-dc_d539d7edc901): Same state - [AWS Project Galaxy — Sidney, OH](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-project-galaxy-sidney-oh-oh-dc_4708dfb34f1c): Same state ## 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) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (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://openai.com/index/five-new-stargate-sites/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 · record stargate-lordstown-oh - [OpenAI (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://openai.com/index/five-new-stargate-sites/) · as of Jul 5, 2026 - [WFMJ (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.wfmj.com/story/53109325/lordstown-part-of-mammoth-dollar500-billion-artificial-intelligence-data-center-project) · as of Jul 5, 2026 - [Business Journal Daily (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://businessjournaldaily.com/documents-shed-light-on-potential-expansion-at-foxconns-lordstown-plant/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Tribune Chronicle (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.tribtoday.com/news/business/2026/01/positive-economic-news-bolsters-valley-in-2025/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Data Center Frontier (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/machine-learning/article/55319132/scaling-stargate-openais-five-new-us-data-centers-push-toward-10-gw-ai-infrastructure) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [WFMJ (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.wfmj.com/archives/data-center-to-occupy-small-part-of-lordstown-ai-hub-feature-advanced-design/article_533f268a-ec1d-5378-9ccb-ceec7d6d343e.html) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Signal Ohio (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://signalohio.org/ohio-committed-at-least-2-3-billion-dollars-in-sales-tax-breaks-for-data-centers/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0992 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/stargate-lordstown-campus-oh) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 5816079583929 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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