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Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)

Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio · All 22 Aligned Data Centers sites

ProposedNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated September 9, 2026

Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) is a proposed data center in Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County), operated by Aligned Data Centers (in partnership with U.S. Paper Mill LLC / U.S. Medical Glove Company). The public record puts it at announced July 2, 2026, a reported $1.5 billion investment.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Aligned Data Centers (in partnership with U.S. Paper Mill LLC / U.S. Medical Glove Company)
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
232 E 8th St, Chillicothe, Ross County, OH, 45601
Coordinates
39.3331, -82.9824 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$1.5 billion
Announced
July 2, 2026
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. July 2, 2026
    Proposed
    Aligned confirmed as the HPC-campus developer within a multi-tenant redevelopment of the shuttered Pixelle Specialty Solutions paper mill. Source: Scioto Valley Guardian

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

Part of a multi-tenant redevelopment of the shuttered Pixelle paper mill (closed 2025) alongside Amphibian Aerospace Industries, U.S. Medical Glove Company, and U.S. Box Company. The widely-reported $1.5B figure covers the FULL multi-tenant campus (aerospace + medical device + box company + data center), not Aligned's data-center portion alone -- entity/campus-wide, not site-specific; omitted as investmentUsd for that reason. No street address specific to the data-center building has been reported; location uses the mill's mailing address as an approximate anchor.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) in Chillicothe?

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)?

No lawsuit over Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) appears in the record we track as of September 9, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe), and how big is it?

Aligned Data Centers (in partnership with U.S. Paper Mill LLC / U.S. Medical Glove Company) is the operator on record. We hold 22 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aligned-chillicothe-ross-oh.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/aligned-chillicothe-ross-oh, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.$1.5 billion high-performance computing campus planned for former Chillicothe Paper Mill · Scioto Valley Guardian · retrieved August 27, 2026
  2. 2.Data center and more new tenants expected for shuttered Chillicothe paper mill site · WOSU Public Media · retrieved August 27, 2026
  3. 3.Appalachian Ohio a target for data centers · Athens County Independent · retrieved September 9, 2026

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