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Data center campus · Former GM / Foxconn plant, northwest corner near Hallock Young Road, Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio

SoftBank Stargate Lordstown site

Under construction as of Oct. 28, 2025

SoftBank, which bought the former Foxconn/GM plant in 2025, named Lordstown a Stargate site and began site work for what the mayor described as a proof-of-concept data center alongside AI equipment manufacturing. Also known as: Stargate Lordstown.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found

Who is behind it

ProjectSoftBank Stargate Lordstown siteAlso: Stargate Lordstown
Developer and teamSoftBank Group
End userOpenAI (Stargate)

The record, newest first

  1. Crews were clearing land in front of the plant for the data center project, with completion expected in 2026. (Business Journal Daily, Oct. 28, 2025)

  2. Lordstown's mayor said the company described manufacturing plus a proof-of-concept building rather than a fully functional data center, while OpenAI said all sites would be AI data centers. (The Vindicator, Sept. 25, 2025)

  3. OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank named Lordstown among five new Stargate sites; SoftBank said it had broken ground on an advanced data center design there, expected to operate in 2026. (Business Journal Daily, Sept. 24, 2025; The Vindicator, Sept. 25, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Coordinates approximate: former GM Lordstown complex.
  • May fall below the 50 MW threshold; no capacity, acreage or permit for the data center portion found. No 2026 record of operation found.
  • SoftBank/SB Energy's Pike County (Portsmouth site) campus is a separate project (see ports-technology-campus-piketon).

The full record

Status note
Site preparation reported in October 2025; scale of any operating data center unclear.
Power note
No Lordstown-only figure; SoftBank said Lordstown and Milam County, Texas, together could scale to 1.5 GW.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.