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OpenAI Stargate Lordstown

Under constructionAI campusCampusWarren, Trumbull County, Ohio
60% profile completeness
25 claims from 9 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
300 MW[1]
Likelyestimated
Floor area
Not yet sourced
Buildings (planned)
1[1]
Likelyderived
Capital cost / investment
Not yet sourced
First operational
Mar 1, 2027[1]
Speculativeestimated

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
H1 2027 – H1 2028
Medium confidencewindow, not a prediction
Project verification
Under construction
Construction documented by satellite imagery.
Current stage
Under construction
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Ohio Edison · PJM
Substation: Not identified

Power reality

Announced
300 MW[1]
Research estimate of planned capacity (no company figure found)
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
300 MW[1]
Building 1 under construction (satellite-tracked phases)
Operational
No record
  • ⚠ No public interconnection record for this load — PJM does not publish large-load requests.
  • ⚠ No permit record linked to this site yet.
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.
How the time-to-power window was estimated
Evidence used
  • Current stage: Under construction (furthest stage with documented evidence)[1]
  • Construction elapsed: Construction documented since 2025-10-12 (1.0 years).
  • Stated date: Next projected milestone: 2027-03-01 (modeled/speculative)[1]
  • Required: 300 MW
Assumptions
  • From “Under construction”, large loads have typically taken 0.5–2 more years to first power (editorial range; see Methodology).
  • Construction to first power typically takes 1.25–2.5 years.
  • The window is a range of plausible outcomes under these assumptions, not a forecast. It moves as new filings, queue updates or imagery arrive.
Window: H1 2027 – H1 2028

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  2. Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionOct 12, 2025
    Model estimate · Satellite imagery
    • Oct 12, 2025 · Reported status: under construction[1]
    • Oct 12, 2025 · Construction start[1]
    • Oct 12, 2025 · Land clearing begins in the front of the site (the side facing the Ohio Turnpike), clearing away a parking lot and solar array[1]
  3. Energization
  4. Operational

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Model estimate, Satellite imagery.

Grid path

  1. facility
    OpenAI Stargate Lordstown
  2. substation
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No substation mapped within 3 km and none named in filings.
  3. transmission
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No transmission line mapped within 2 km.
  4. utility
    Ohio Edison[2]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    PJM[3]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: PJM
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

QueueRelationshipStageMW req.MW appr.QueuedExpected in servicePOI / TOSource · as of
PJM Z2-028
Lordstown Energy Center · Gas
Possibly related generation
Speculative
Generation request name/developer shares “lordstown” with this facility, in the same county. Not confirmed as serving it.
In service
In Service; feasibility: Document Posted; system impact: Document Posted; facilities: Document Posted; ISA/GIA: Document Posted
800800Feb 21, 2014In service Aug 15, 2018Highland-Sammis 345kV & Highland-Mansfield 345kV
TO: ATSI
[4] Sep 27, 2026
PJM AB1-017
Lordstown Energy Center · Gas
Possibly related generation
Speculative
Generation request name/developer shares “lordstown” with this facility, in the same county. Not confirmed as serving it.
In service
In Service; feasibility: Document Posted; system impact: Document Posted; facilities: Document Posted; ISA/GIA: Document Posted
94064Jun 18, 2015In service Aug 11, 2018Highland-Sammis 345 kV & Highland-Mansfield 345 kV
TO: ATSI
[4] Sep 27, 2026
PJM AF2-044
Lordstown Energy Center · Gas
Possibly related generation
Speculative
Generation request name/developer shares “lordstown” with this facility, in the same county. Not confirmed as serving it.
In service
In Service; feasibility: Document Posted; system impact: Document Posted; facilities: Not Required; ISA/GIA: Document Posted
94020Dec 10, 2019In service Oct 20, 2020Highland-Sammis and Highland-Mansfield 345 kV
TO: ATSI
[4] Sep 27, 2026

On-site & dedicated generation

  • PJM Z2-028 Lordstown Energy Center (Gas, 800 MW requested)[4]
    Generation request name/developer shares “lordstown” with this facility, in the same county. Not confirmed as serving it.
    Natural gasArrangement unknown800 MWSpeculative
  • PJM AB1-017 Lordstown Energy Center (Gas, 940 MW requested)[4]
    Generation request name/developer shares “lordstown” with this facility, in the same county. Not confirmed as serving it.
    Natural gasArrangement unknown940 MWSpeculative
  • PJM AF2-044 Lordstown Energy Center (Gas, 940 MW requested)[4]
    Generation request name/developer shares “lordstown” with this facility, in the same county. Not confirmed as serving it.
    Natural gasArrangement unknown940 MWSpeculative

Location & imagery

Mapped outline
Coordinates
41.15393, -80.88097
Address
2300 Hallock Young Rd, Warren, OH 44481[1]Likely
County
Trumbull County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    SoftBank[1]
  3. 3. Operator
    Not identified
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    OpenAI[1]
Power supply
Utility:
Ohio Edison[2]Likely

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Owner
SoftBank[1]Confirmed
End user
OpenAI[1]Confirmed
Utility
Ohio Edison[2]Likely

Location falls inside this utility's retail service territory.

Power (all fields)

Planned capacity
300 MW[1]Likelyestimated

Projected facility power at the last tracked milestone (2027-03-01); not necessarily full build-out.

Current facility power
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
PJM[3]Likelyderived

Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.

Balancing authority
PJM[2]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

State avg. industrial price
10.95¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Ohio statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
14.06¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Ohio statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
2.21 GW[6]Confirmedderived

11 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
2.15 GW[4]Confirmedderived

6 active generation interconnection requests in Trumbull County: Gas 1,950 MW, Solar 147 MW, Solar + storage 49 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
Clean Energy Future-Lordstown, LLC · Clean Energy Future-Lordstown, LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)2.5 km858 MW[6]
Clevelandcliffs Warren · Clevelandcliffs WarrenPower plant (Other)8.3 km12 MW[6]
Niles Rto Btm · American Mun Power-Ohio, IncPower plant (Petroleum)10.8 km11 MW[6]
Niles Power Plant · Niles Power, LLCPower plant (Petroleum)11.3 km26 MW[6]
Summit Street Power Plant · Kent State UniversityPower plant (Natural Gas)38.5 km12 MW[6]
Hickory Run Energy Station · Hickory Run Energy, LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)41.8 km938 MW[6]
New Castle Plant · New Castle Power, LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)49.2 km331 MW[6]
Cuyahoga Falls 1 · City of Cuyahoga Falls - (OH)Power plant (Petroleum)49.7 km14 MW[6]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
Trumbull 345 kVPJM AJ1-023GasIn study · proposed 2024-121.01 GW[4]
Trumbull Energy CenterPJM AB1-105GasUnder construction · proposed 2025-08940 MW[4]
Dilworth 69 kV IIIPJM AG2-253SolarIn study · proposed 2023-0169 MW[4]
Dilworth 69 kV IIPJM AG2-252SolarIn study · proposed 2023-0149 MW[4]
Trumbull138 kVPJM AH2-239Solar + storageIn study · proposed 2027-0349 MW[4]
Dilworth 69 kVPJM AG2-251SolarIn study · proposed 2023-0129 MW[4]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    Oct 12, 2025[1]
  5. First operational
    Mar 1, 2027[1]
    Projected
  6. Expected completion
    Mar 1, 2027[1]
    Projected
Planned capacity
300 MW[1]Likelyestimated

Projected facility power at the last tracked milestone (2027-03-01); not necessarily full build-out.

Buildings (planned)
1[1]Likelyderived

Count of building outlines traced on satellite imagery.

Buildings operational
0[1]Likelyestimated
PhaseStatusAdded MWCompleted / expectedSource
Building 1under construction300 MWMar 1, 2027 (projected)[1]

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Floor area
Not yet sourced

Compute

Project
Stargate[1]Confirmed
Chip types
Rubin[1]Confirmed

What changed (last 3 years)

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No tracked changes yet. Values are recorded on every data refresh, so changes will appear here over time.

Timeline

Construction start: Oct 12, 2025[1]
First operational: Mar 1, 2027[1]
  1. Oct 12, 2025[1]

    Land clearing begins in the front of the site (the side facing the Ohio Turnpike), clearing away a parking lot and solar array

  2. Feb 27, 2026[1]

    Still no visible construction, although construction within preexisting facilities

  3. Jul 30, 2026[1]

    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. Mar 1, 2027Projected300 MW facility power· 1 buildings operational[1]

    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.

All claims (provenance audit)

25
FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameOpenAI Stargate Lordstown[1] Likely2026-07-30Shown
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2025-10-12Superseded / alternative
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2026-02-27Superseded / alternative
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2026-07-30Shown
Facility typeAI campus[1] derivedLikely2026-07-30Shown
ProjectStargate[1] Confirmed2026-07-30Shown
Address2300 Hallock Young Rd, Warren, OH 44481[1] Likely2026-07-30Shown
OwnerSoftBankOwner: Softbank[1] Confirmed2026-07-30Shown
End usersOpenAIUsers: OpenAI[1] Confirmed2026-07-30Shown
UtilityOhio Edisonterritory 13998: OHIO EDISON CO (INVESTOR OWNED, FIRSTENERGY CORP)[2] derivedLikely2022Shown
Planned capacity300 MW[1] estimatedLikely2026-07-30Shown
ISO / RTOPJMPJM INTERCONNECTION, LLC[3] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityPJM[2] derivedLikely—Shown
Generation queued in county2.15 GW[4] derivedConfirmed2026-09-27Shown
State avg. industrial price10.95¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price14.06¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km2.21 GW[6] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Buildings (planned)1[1] derivedLikely2026-07-30Shown
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2026-07-30Shown
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2025-10-12Superseded / alternative
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2026-02-27Superseded / alternative
Chip typesRubin[1] Confirmed2026-07-30Shown
Construction startOct 12, 2025[1] derivedLikely2026-07-30Shown
First operationalMar 1, 2027[1] estimatedSpeculative2026-07-30Shown
Expected completionMar 1, 2027[1] estimatedSpeculative2026-07-30Shown