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Amazon Perry Township Data Center

Canton, Stark County, Ohio · All 54 Amazon Web Services sites · Every Amazon case on our tracker

Under constructionMixed receptionAI likelyRecord updated August 5, 2026

Amazon Perry Township Data Center is a data center under construction in Canton, Ohio (Stark County), operated by Amazon Web Services. The public record puts it at announced March 2026, 240 MW planned. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Amazon Web Services
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Canton, Stark County, OH
Coordinates
40.7517, -81.4000 (approximate)
Power capacity
240 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
March 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
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Amazon Perry Township Data Center in Canton, Stark County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Some Perry Township / Stark County residents publicly skeptical of the developer's answers (noise, water, growth); the township nonetheless approved the tax abatement.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Some Perry Township / Stark County residents publicly skeptical of the developer's answers (noise, water, growth); the township nonetheless approved the tax abatement.

Source: Ideastream Public Media

Notes on the record

240 MW hyperscale campus on ~105 acres at Faircrest St SW & Kropf Ave SW, Perry Township (Canton). Panattoni bought the land Feb 2025 (Clayco GC); excavation underway; two 220,000 sq ft + two 154,000 sq ft buildings targeted for ~April 2028. Amazon was confirmed as the end-user by the Stark County commission president and Canton's mayor to the Canton Repository after Panattoni initially withheld the tenant. Perry Township approved a 30-year, 75% property-tax abatement in March 2026. Coordinates approximate (township-level). Developer: Panattoni Development Co.

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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
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.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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 Amazon Perry Township Data Center in Canton?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Amazon Perry Township Data Center in Canton, Stark County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Some Perry Township / Stark County residents publicly skeptical of the developer's answers (noise, water, growth); the township nonetheless approved the tax abatement.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Amazon Perry Township Data Center?

No lawsuit over Amazon Perry Township Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 5, 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 Amazon Perry Township Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Amazon Perry Township Data Center 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 Amazon Perry Township Data Center, and how big is it?

Amazon Web Services is the operator on record. We hold 54 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 240 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Amazon Perry Township Data Center," updated August 5, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/amazon-perry-township-stark-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/amazon-perry-township-stark-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.Ideastream: Perry Township data-center project; 240 MW, Panattoni developer, Clayco GC; residents skeptical · Ideastream Public Media · retrieved August 5, 2026
  2. 2.Open house sheds light on incoming user (cites Canton Repository confirmation of Amazon as end-user) · Bluewater Healthy Living · retrieved August 5, 2026
  3. 3.News 5 Cleveland: data-center proposals across Stark County · News 5 Cleveland · retrieved August 5, 2026

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