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1 data center project in Weathersfield Township

Who decides here: the Township Trustees of Weathersfield Township votes on zoning. Many Ohio townships have their own zoning. Where a township has none, the county decides.

In Weathersfield Township

Proposed

Bitdeer data center at former Niles power plant site

Weathersfield, Trumbull County

42.6 acres

🕒 May 2026: Niles City Council passed a 180-day pause on data centers. Weathersfield trustees passed…

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Proposedabout 2 miles away

Possible data center at former McDonald Steel site

McDonald, Trumbull County

350 acres

🕒 Sept 15, 2026: Oppidan held a public question-and-answer meeting at McDonald High School.

Proposedabout 5 miles away

Bristolville 25 data center campus (Lordstown)

Lordstown, Trumbull County

133 acres

🕒 June 15, 2026: Public hearing set on extending the pause by another 180 days.

Being builtabout 6 miles away

SoftBank Stargate data center at former GM Lordstown plant

Lordstown, Trumbull County

for OpenAI (Stargate project with SoftBank and Oracle)

🕒 Oct 2025: Crews began clearing the old parking lot in front of the plant for the data center.

Stopped or cancelledabout 12 miles away

Crane Data Centers 'Project Milo' (Hubbard)

Hubbard, Trumbull County

🕒 July 6, 2026: Residents turned in a petition to put a permanent data center ban on the November ballot.

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

Township trustees passed a six-month pause (moratorium) on new data centers. It is set to end in October 2026.

April 2026Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

  1. Get told first.
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  2. Go to township meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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We'll email you when something changes in Weathersfield Township. Nothing else.

⚡ Your electric company

Ohio Edison Co. (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Ohio.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • Will Bitdeer ask Weathersfield for a zoning variance after the pause ends?
  • How much water would the site use? A council member cited 500,000 gallons a day; the company has not confirmed a number publicly.

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