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Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton)

Canton, Stark County, Ohio

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 15, 2026

Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) is a proposed data center in Canton, Ohio (Stark County), operated by Corscale. The public record puts it at 312 MW planned, 162 acres, a reported $2.9 billion investment.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Corscale
Facility type
Data center
Location
Canton, Stark County, OH
Coordinates
40.7985, -81.3750 (approximate)
Power capacity
312 MW planned
Land
162 acres
Investment
$2.9 billion
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
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. September 24, 2026
    Proposed
    Corscale proposing a 312 MW hyperscale campus on ~162 acres near Millerton St SE and Central Ave SE; still must pass Canton planning, zoning and development review. Source: Construction Review Online

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) in Canton, Stark 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

Project specifics (developer, name, 312 MW, ~162 acres, $2.9B, AWS described only as 'likely customer' with no lease confirmed) rest on a single trade-press source, hence the record is marked reported. That article also says ~163.5 acres were annexed into Canton from Canton Township; Spectrum's Jul 2026 zoning story quotes a resident on a proposed 161-acre center but does not name the project, so it corroborates scale only. Coordinates are the Nominatim centroid of the City of Canton (no street address published; the site is in SE Canton near Millerton St SE / Central Ave SE, so the pin is several km off), hence approximate. Unresolved: (1) aggregator listings attribute 'Midwest Digital Gateway' to DAMAC Digital; the Stark County Auditor record (parcel 10020089) shows DAMAC DIGITAL SOLUTION OHIO LLC bought an 8-parcel package from AIDC CANTON 2 LLC on 2025-12-31 for $36.5M, but that parcel is on TRUMP AVE SE, not Central Ave SE, so DAMAC's holding looks like a separate site (Spectrum mentions a data center 'being built on Trump Ave'), not this record; (2) Panattoni's 'Project Shelby' (324 MW, former Ford forge site south of Georgetown Rd NE, Aug 2026) is a different NE-Canton site and is not this record. As of October 2026, the developer/owner of the Central Ave parcel is not confirmed against Stark County Auditor transfers (buyer reportedly 'MDG-Canton Purchaser LLC').

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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) data center in Canton?

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) in Canton, Stark 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 Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) data center?

No lawsuit over Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) appears in the record we track as of October 15, 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 Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) 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 Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton), and how big is it?

Corscale is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 312 MW. The site is recorded at 162 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton)," updated October 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/corscale-midwest-digital-gateway-canton-oh.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/corscale-midwest-digital-gateway-canton-oh, retrieved October 29, 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.$2.9 Billion Canton Data Center Plan Puts Jobs, Power and Community Concerns in Spotlight (Corscale 'Midwest Digital Gateway', ~162 acres near Millerton St SE & Central Ave SE, 312 MW planned; proposed; Sept 24, 2026) · Construction Review Online · retrieved October 15, 2026
  2. 2.Canton data-center zoning regulations; resident says the proposed center 'will be taken up at 161 acres' (Jul 28, 2026; project not named) · Spectrum News 1 · retrieved October 15, 2026

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