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DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center

Canton, Stark County, Ohio

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 15, 2026

DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center is a proposed data center in Canton, Ohio (Stark County), operated by DAMAC Digital. The public record puts it at 225 MW planned.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
DAMAC Digital
Facility type
Data center
Location
Canton, Stark County, OH
Coordinates
40.7761, -81.3210 (approximate)
Power capacity
225 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
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
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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 9, 2026
    Proposed
    Listed as proposed, 225 MW, air-cooled (closed loop), among four proposed Canton data centers. Source: The Canton Repository (via Yahoo News)
  2. July 10, 2026
    Proposed
    DAMAC Digital announced a community forum on its planned Canton data center (two buildings and a substation on 80+ acres NE of Trump Ave SE & Orchard View Dr SE); a residential demolition permit had been issued earlier in 2026. Source: The Canton Repository (via AOL)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center 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

Land: DAMAC Digital Solution Ohio LLC bought the site from AIDC Canton 2 LLC (linked to Active Infrastructure) for $36.5M in Dec 2025 (CREW; CREW places it in Canton Township; the land was later annexed into Canton per an earlier Stark County Auditor lookup, parcel 10020089 on Trump Ave SE, a lookup not repeated as of October 2026). Site 'over 80 acres' per the Repository. 225 MW is a single-source figure (Repository, Oct 9 2026); no MW on DAMAC's own page; DAMAC's ~2,000 MW national target is entity-wide and not used. Investment (reported elsewhere as >$1B) and the construction/opening timeline were not confirmed on a page read directly as of October 2026 and are omitted. The record is listed as proposed per the newest source (Oct 9) even though a Jul 28 Repository piece says plans are submitted and dirt is being moved. Coordinates: the OSM intersection node of Trump Ave SE and Orchard View Dr SE (Overpass, node 200032979); the site lies NE of that corner, so the pin is approximate (likely within ~0.5 km). Distinct from the 312 MW Midwest Digital Gateway (Central Avenue SE, Canton) at Millerton St / Central Ave SE: the Oct 9 Repository lists the two as separate projects with different developers, sites and MW; aggregator listings that label a DAMAC site 'Midwest Digital Gateway' conflict with this and were not used.

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

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  • 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
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.

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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 DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center in Canton?

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center 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 DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center?

No lawsuit over DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center 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 DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View 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 DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center, and how big is it?

DAMAC Digital is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 225 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DAMAC Digital Canton Orchard View Data Center," updated October 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/damac-digital-canton-orchard-view-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/damac-digital-canton-orchard-view-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.Canton Orchard View: DAMAC Digital's proposed digital infrastructure development in Canton (two buildings, interior data halls, on-site substation, closed-loop cooling) · DAMAC Digital (project site) · retrieved October 15, 2026
  2. 2.Dubai-based DAMAC Digital plans community forum on data center in southeast Canton (over 80 acres NE of Trump Ave SE & Orchard View Dr SE; demolition permit earlier in 2026; Jul 10, 2026) · The Canton Repository (via AOL) · retrieved October 15, 2026
  3. 3.Canton, Developer Explain Data Center Plan (NE corner of Trump Ave SE and Orchardview; Jul 15, 2026) · News-Talk 1480 WHBC · retrieved October 15, 2026
  4. 4.Data centers are spiking Ohio utility prices (DAMAC Digital Solution Ohio bought the land from AIDC Canton 2 for $36.5M, Dec 2025; Mar 12, 2026) · Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) · retrieved October 15, 2026
  5. 5.Can Canton spare enough water for 4 proposed data centers? (DAMAC Digital: 225 MW, air-cooled, proposed; Oct 9, 2026) · The Canton Repository (via Yahoo News) · retrieved October 15, 2026

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