Aligned Data Centers, Conesville Industrial Park

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. October 11, 2025

   Under construction
   Groundbreaking ceremony held at Conesville Industrial Park Source: Your Ohio News
2. July 24, 2025

   Proposed
   Aligned press release; 197-acre campus at Conesville Industrial Park, foundational customer secured, initial delivery mid-2026 Source: Aligned Data Centers

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Aligned Data Centers, Conesville Industrial Park in Conesville, Coshocton County, Ohio, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 9, 2026. Strong positive reception at October 2025 groundbreaking.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

Strong positive reception at October 2025 groundbreaking. Coshocton County Commissioners and Port Authority executive director spoke favorably. Site revitalization fills a significant local tax and employment gap left by AEP plant closure (plant formerly provided ~10% of River View Local Schools' annual budget and employed ~600 workers). Broader Ohio policy context: a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban large data centers was under debate at the time of announcement; some community and policy advocates cited this project as evidence of the economic value data centers bring to rural counties.

Source: Your Ohio News

Power and water

Site is in AEP Ohio service territory. Brownfield location retains former plant's high-capacity grid infrastructure, which is a primary site-selection advantage. Aligned is publicly exploring on-site SMR/nuclear additions but no confirmed agreement. Nuclear would be future supplemental supply.

No cooling type or water consumption data disclosed. Former coal plant had access to Muskingum River cooling water infrastructure; Aligned has not confirmed whether this will be utilized.

Notes on the record

Brownfield redevelopment of former AEP Conesville coal plant (2 GW, operational 62 years, closed May 2020). Frontier Group of Companies acquired the plant in 2020 and built the Conesville Industrial Park across ~2,500 acres; Aligned purchased a 197-acre parcel. Aligned describes the project as 'AI/HPC' and 'Gigascale' in its press materials, and this is its third Ohio campus (others: Perkins Township/Sandusky, 96 MW total; Pataskala). Multi-building campus, renderings show up to four buildings; second, third, and fourth buildings referenced at groundbreaking. Capacity MW not publicly disclosed. Investment described as 'multi-billion dollar', no firm figure confirmed; field omitted per policy. Construction jobs described as 'thousands'; permanent roles as 'hundreds of high-quality long-term positions', projections only, numeric fields omitted. Aligned is exploring on-site nuclear power (SMRs) for this campus and nearby Zanesville/Cambridge sites; no agreement confirmed. Coordinates approximate (village-level). Site infrastructure funding note: the Coshocton Port Authority received a $58.7M grant (Ohio Dept of Development All Ohio Future Fund, announced July 21, 2025) for utility upgrades, water/wastewater extensions, and roadway improvements across the broader industrial park, this benefits Aligned indirectly but is not a direct subsidy to Aligned and is therefore not listed under subsidies.

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