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Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus

Mount Orab, Brown County, Ohio

ProposedContestedRecord updated September 9, 2026

Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Mount Orab, Ohio (Brown County), operated by DB Stu LLC. The public record puts it at 1,000 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized 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

Proposed

Operator
DB Stu LLC
Facility type
Data center
Location
Mount Orab, Brown County, OH
Coordinates
39.0276, -83.9197 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
1,000 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
Contested
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. December 2024
    Proposed
    Village council passed an emergency zoning rewrite and a Community Reinvestment Area resolution accommodating the mega-site. Source: Ohio Data Centers (stopohiodatacenters.org)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus in Mount Orab, Brown County, Ohio is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. The mayor and village council members signed nondisclosure agreements before residents learned of the project; council member Eric Lang rescinded his NDA and on February 3, 2026 introduced ordinances for 180-day data center and small-modular-reactor permit moratoria plus a permanent ban on commercial nuclear facilities.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

The mayor and village council members signed nondisclosure agreements before residents learned of the project; council member Eric Lang rescinded his NDA and on February 3, 2026 introduced ordinances for 180-day data center and small-modular-reactor permit moratoria plus a permanent ban on commercial nuclear facilities.

Source: Brown County Press

Notes on the record

More than 1,000 contiguous acres at the southeast corner of Mount Orab village were sold to DB Stu LLC, a Delaware LLC whose Ohio tax-mailing address runs through Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus. Capacity, investment and the end user remain undisclosed under NDAs; reported capacity figures circulating publicly are not confirmed by any filing read here, so none is recorded.

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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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 Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus in Mount Orab?

Yes. Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus in Mount Orab, Brown County, Ohio is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. The mayor and village council members signed nondisclosure agreements before residents learned of the project; council member Eric Lang rescinded his NDA and on February 3, 2026 introduced ordinances for 180-day data center and small-modular-reactor permit moratoria plus a permanent ban on commercial nuclear facilities.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus 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 Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus 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 Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

DB Stu LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 1000 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Mount Orab Mega-Site Data Center Campus," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/db-stu-mount-orab-brown-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/db-stu-mount-orab-brown-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.Mt. Orab council member takes steps to stop possible data center construction · Brown County Press · retrieved September 9, 2026
  2. 2.Mt. Orab, Ohio: DB Stu LLC Mega-Site | Brown County · Ohio Data Centers (stopohiodatacenters.org) · retrieved September 9, 2026

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