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Stargate Lordstown site

OpenAI says SoftBank has broken ground on a Stargate site in Lordstown.

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Location
Lordstown, Ohio
County
Trumbull County
Map point
Lordstown areaApproximate locality; not a parcel boundary.
Stage
Groundbreaking documented
Evidence checked
Operator
OpenAI / SoftBank partnership
Developer
SoftBank and Stargate partners

Current snapshot

OpenAI’s multi-site announcement documents the Lordstown groundbreaking and a target to become operational the following year. The capacity figure in that announcement covers Lordstown and a Texas site together, so it is not shown as Lordstown-only scale.[1]

Documented scale

Current milestone
Groundbreaking announced[1]

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Sources for this page

  1. OpenAI

    OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank expand Stargate with five new AI data center sites

    September 23, 2025. Accessed August 9, 2026.

    https://openai.com/index/five-new-stargate-sites/

    OpenAI is a principal project partner. Capacity and investment totals are company announcements covering multiple Stargate sites.

    Primary company update describing the operating Abilene flagship and announced sites in New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and the Midwest. Combined capacity and investment figures must not be treated as site-specific totals.