No project in Jefferson Township, but 2 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Trustees of Jefferson Township votes on zoning. Many Ohio townships have their own zoning. Where a township has none, the county decides.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Data center at the former Chillicothe paper mill (Aligned)
Chillicothe, Ross County
for Aligned (computing campus using AMD hardware)
🕒 July 2026: The new owner of the closed paper mill named Aligned as a data center tenant in a $1.5 b…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 15 miles awayPORTS Technology Campus AI data center (Piketon)
Piketon, Pike County
189 acres
🕒 March 20, 2026: Federal officials and SoftBank's SB Energy broke ground on a 10-gigawatt AI data center …
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Jefferson Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Jefferson Township: Ohio Power Co. (company) or Buckeye Rural Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Ohio.