Data center profile · Piketon, Pike County, Ohio

PORTS AI site program (DOE Portsmouth)

The Energy Department's program to put AI data centers and power plants on its former Portsmouth uranium-plant land in Piketon, Ohio

Site program. One developer holds a campus here so far: SB Energy's PORTS Technology Campus for OpenAI, which has its own page. Another proposal has no lease on record, and Oklo plans a nuclear plant nearby for Meta.
10 GW
new power generation SoftBank and SB Energy plan for the site program
program framing, not a campus figure
1
data-center campus on the site with signed leases
SB Energy's PORTS Technology Campus (own page)
1.2 GW
Oklo nuclear plant planned nearby for Meta
a power plant, not a campus here
OperatorU.S. Department of Energy (landowner)
CustomerCampus by campus (see the PORTS Technology Campus page)
Related profilePORTS Technology Campus
Power

Power and the grid

The plan on record is a grid connection, served by AEP Ohio / AEP Ohio Transmission Company. An interconnection study is under way.

We checked utility filings, regulator dockets and air-permit records for this campus.

Permits

Permits checklist

1 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Aug. 6, 2025
    Paper trail New Day Data Centers LLC registered in Ohio
  2. Jan. 9, 2026
    Power Oklo agreed with Meta to build a 1.2 GW nuclear power campus in Pike County, on land formerly owned by the Energy Department. It is a power plant serving Meta's data centers in the region, not a campus on this site. Company · Jan. 2026
  3. Jan. 2026
    Site New Day Data Centers proposed a data-center campus on the Energy Department's land at the site. No lease, land transfer or capacity figure is on record. News report · Jan. 2026
  4. March 20, 2026
    Site The Energy Department announced the Portsmouth partnership with SoftBank and AEP Ohio, described as 10 GW of data-center development. SB Energy's campus is the only part with signed leases. State agency · March 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since Feb. 2022: 64 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 4 earlier records are not drawn.

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Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 5. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

214 records from 14 documents

Drawn from state agency records, satellite captures, public and commercial datasets, business registries, news reports and company statements, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

State agency 4Satellite 3Dataset 3News report 3Company 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (5)
  • Air radius returned 9 facilities, all DOE/legacy Piketon sources (ALLIED CORPORATION PLANT #5; AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE OPERATING, LLC; MISSION CONVERSION SERVICES ALLIANCE; PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT - DOE; SOUTHBOUN
    “ALLIED CORPORATION PLANT #5; AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE OPERATING, LLC; MISSION CONVERSION SERVICES ALLIANCE; PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT - DOE; SOUTHBOUND LUMBER LLC; SOUTHERN OHIO CLEANUP COMPANY LLC; STONECO EQUIPMENT #21.8809; VALLEY MATERIALS COMPANY”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • DOE program framing for the Portsmouth Site partnership (program level, NOT a campus figure): SoftBank Group and SB Energy plan 10 GW of new power generation, including at least 9.2 GW of natural gas generation, to power
    “SoftBank Group and SB Energy plan to build 10 gigawatts (GW) of new power generation—including at least 9.2 GW of natural gas generation—to power 10 GW of data center development”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • Site-level context (power plant, NOT a campus): Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) agreement with Meta, announced Jan. 9, 2026, advances a 1.2 GW Aurora nuclear power campus in Pike County OH to support Meta's regional data centers; M
    “announced an agreement with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) that advances Oklo's plans to develop a 1.2 GW power campus in Pike County, Ohio, to support Meta's data centers in the region”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Oklo land purchase detail (local press): Oklo purchased the 206-acre parcel off U.S. Highway 23 for nearly $5.15 million, according to Pike County property records (purchase closed December 2025 per Scioto Valley Guardia
    “The first phase of the project, expected in 2030, will build two powerhouses and then increase production incrementally until the full 1.2 GW goal is reached around 2034”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Unassigned developer proposal tracked at program level: New Day Data Centers LLC proposed in January 2026 to develop a data center campus at the DOE-owned Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Scioto Township. No DOE lea
    “New Day Data Centers LLC proposed developing a data center campus at the Department of Energy (DOE)-owned Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Scioto Township”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (3)
  • FERC study agreement (State Agreement Approach): study cost deposit 500000 USD
    “the Study Agreement requires SE DC DevCo to pay a $500,000 study deposit upon execution and an additional $500,000 study deposit upon submission of new specifications”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • FERC study agreement (State Agreement Approach): term completion horizon
    “the expansion being evaluated under the Study Agreement comprises approximately 9,570 MW of additional data center load and 10,170 MW of gross new generating capacity, with phased completion through 2032”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 5148500 USD
    “Recorded: Dec. 16, 2025 · Price: $5,148,500 · Grantor: SOUTHERN OHIO DIVERSIFICATION INITI · Grantee: OKO POWER SODI LLC · Parcel number: 20-000018.6004 · Address: 3930 US HIGHWAY 23 ANX · City: PIKETON”
    County deed records · Dec. 2025 · grade B
Permits and government (4)
  • CWA radius returned 6 facilities, all DOE/legacy or municipal (CENTRUS ENERGY CORP AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE OPERATING; FLUOR - BWXT PORTSMOUTH LLC; ODOT REST AREA 09-23; PIKETON DEPLETED URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE (DUF6) CONV; PIKE
    “CENTRUS ENERGY CORP AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE OPERATING; FLUOR - BWXT PORTSMOUTH LLC; ODOT REST AREA 09-23; PIKETON DEPLETED URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE (DUF6) CONV; PIKETON WTP”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • FERC filing (study agreement). PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed under FPA secti: filed
    “the expansion being evaluated under the Study Agreement comprises approximately 9,570 MW of additional load and 10,170 MW of gross new generation, supported by three proposed 765 kV transmission lines”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • : study agreement filed at FERC Oct 13, 2026 (executed Sep 25, 2026); PJM to study the campus load, generation and transmission as a single integrated project under Ohio's State Agreement Approach; FERC acceptance pendin
    “The agreement covers approximately 9,570 megawatts of additional data center demand and approximately 10,170 megawatts of gross new generation”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • : gross new generation of approximately 10,170 MW included in the same study agreement; generation studied outside PJM's conventional interconnection queue under the State Agreement Approach
    “The agreement covers approximately 9,570 megawatts of additional data center demand and approximately 10,170 megawatts of gross new generation”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (1)

Imagery and records: County deeds: ATTOM.