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East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village)

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

CancelledOpposedRecord updated September 9, 2026

East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village) is a cancelled data center in Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County), operated by Lakeland Equity Group. The public record puts it at 150 MW planned, 35 acres, a reported $1.6 billion investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator
Lakeland Equity Group
Facility type
Data center
Location
3560 East 55th Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH, 44105
Coordinates
41.4617, -81.6512 (approximate)
Power capacity
150 MW planned
Land
35 acres
Investment
$1.6 billion
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Closed loop
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
Opposed
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. May 14, 2026
    Cancelled
    City of Cleveland rejected the permit application. Source: WKYC via Yahoo News
  2. May 6, 2026
    Proposed
    Permit application filed with the City of Cleveland Building Department. Source: NEOtrans

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village) in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Mayor Justin Bibb's administration rejected the building permit on May 14, 2026; a city spokesperson cited serious concerns about hyperscale, standalone data centers in neighborhoods, and City Council was concurrently weighing a moratorium.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Mayor Justin Bibb's administration rejected the building permit on May 14, 2026; a city spokesperson cited serious concerns about hyperscale, standalone data centers in neighborhoods, and City Council was concurrently weighing a moratorium.

Source: WKYC via Yahoo News

Power and water

Plans described closed-loop cooling with water drawn from nearby watersheds or a Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District stormwater overflow tunnel then under construction.

Notes on the record

Three two-story buildings totaling roughly 300,000 sq ft on a 35-acre site between I-77 and East 55th Street, currently owned by Morabito Enterprises. No end user was identified. Recorded as cancelled because the city rejected the permit application; the developer's next steps were not stated.

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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
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.

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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 East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village) in Cleveland?

Yes. Organized local opposition to East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village) in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Mayor Justin Bibb's administration rejected the building permit on May 14, 2026; a city spokesperson cited serious concerns about hyperscale, standalone data centers in neighborhoods, and City Council was concurrently weighing a moratorium.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village)?

No lawsuit over East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village) 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 East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village) use?

No water withdrawal figure for East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village), and how big is it?

Lakeland Equity Group is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 150 MW. The site is recorded at 35 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "East 55th Street Data Center (Slavic Village)," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/lakeland-equity-east-55th-cleveland-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/lakeland-equity-east-55th-cleveland-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.$1.6B data center planned in Cleveland · NEOtrans · retrieved September 9, 2026
  2. 2.City of Cleveland rejects permit for $1.6B data center in Slavic Village · WKYC via Yahoo News · retrieved September 9, 2026

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