Data Center Registry
HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site
Washington County, Ohio
HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site is a proposed data center in Ohio (Washington County), operated by HashWorks Powered Land Waterford LLC (land entity tied to Cipher Digital / Sabre 56). The public record puts it at 200 MW planned, 500 acres. The record for this site rests on a single unverified source and should be read that way.
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
Proposed
- Operator
- HashWorks Powered Land Waterford LLC (land entity tied to Cipher Digital / Sabre 56)
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use mixed
- Location
- Washington County, OH
- Coordinates
- 39.5514, -81.6494 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 200 MW planned
- Land
- 500 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Rumored: a single unverified source
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site in Washington 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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Power and water
HashWorks Powered Land Waterford LLC has registered a water withdrawal facility with a capacity of 25 million gallons per day. This is a registered withdrawal capacity, not measured or projected facility water use, and no cooling method has been disclosed.
Notes on the record
HashWorks Powered Land Waterford LLC has assembled just over 500 acres in Waterford Township and filed for a 25 MGD Muskingum River surface-water withdrawal; local reporting ties the leasing LLCs to Sabre 56 and Cipher Digital for a potential 200MW crypto-mining/HPC/AI facility, but Washington County commissioners stated no deal has been finalized and Cipher's ownership stake is undocumented -- confidence kept at rumored. Distinct site from the Center Township/Morgan County 'Ulysses' project.
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
- How the community has received it
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
- Cipher Digital Ulysses · Cipher Digital (formerly Cipher Mining)5 mi · Proposed · 200 MW
- Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center · The Plains · Saadia Holding LLC29 mi · Proposed · Opposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site data center in Washington County, Ohio?
Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site in Washington 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 HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site data center?
No lawsuit over HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site 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 HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site use?
No water withdrawal figure for HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site 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 HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site, and how big is it?
HashWorks Powered Land Waterford LLC (land entity tied to Cipher Digital / Sabre 56) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 200 MW. The site is recorded at 500 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "HashWorks Powered Land, Waterford Site," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/cipher-digital-hashworks-waterford-washington-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/cipher-digital-hashworks-waterford-washington-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.WOUB: Waterford resident calls for trustee to step down over data center land deals · WOUB Public Media · retrieved August 26, 2026
- 2.News and Sentinel: Waterford resident asks Washington County commissioners for help on data center project · News and Sentinel · retrieved August 26, 2026
- 3.Appalachian Ohio a target for data centers · Athens County Independent · retrieved September 9, 2026
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