Softbank · Lordstown, Ohio

OpenAI Stargate Lordstown

300MW projected

The power of 240,000 US homes, once built.

Under construction. Projected to draw 300 MW by Mar 2027.

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Power over time

facility power · 4 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 12 Oct 2025 — Land clearing begins in the front of the site (the side facing the Ohio Turnpike), clearing away a parking lot and solar array
  2. 27 Feb 2026 — Still no visible construction, although construction within preexisting facilities
  3. 30 Jul 2026 — Active construction visible on and around the datacenter, with the roofing mostly in place. This is based on satellite imagery. No buildings operational yet.
  4. 1 Mar 2027 · projected 300 MW Projected operational date. OpenAI stated Lordstown and Milam County could scale to 1.5 GW within 18 months of their September 23, 2025 announcement; subtracting Milam County's subsequently disclosed 1.2 GW capacity implies ~300 MW for Lordstown.

Every step Epoch planned here on 2 Sep 2026 is still on plan. Planned against reached

Gas made 41% of the power on this site's grid

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

PJM Interconnection, LLC PJM · balancing authority

  1. Gas 41%
  2. Coal 17%
  3. Nuclear 31%
  4. Wind 4%
  5. Solar 3%
  6. Hydro 2%
  7. Other 3%

The grid of the utilities that serve Trumbull County, OH. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

No new plant is planned in Trumbull County

power plants in Trumbull County · EIA-860M, September 2026

In service in Trumbull County today: 2.0 GW. Since January 2023: 977 MW added, 2 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI
  1. Announcement of 5 new Stargate sites mentioning Lordstown
  2. Water Quality Permitting stating that “manufacturing and assembly” is the main purpose of the construction
  3. Stormwater Permitting

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Lordstown. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.