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Lumen Akron 2

Akron, Summit County, Ohio · All 20 Lumen Technologies sites

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated August 16, 2026

Lumen Akron 2 is an operating data center in Akron, Ohio (Summit County), operated by Lumen Technologies. The public record puts it at 3 MW planned.

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

Operating

Operator
Lumen Technologies
Facility type
Data center
Location
110 S. Arlington St., Akron, Summit County, OH
Coordinates
41.0696, -81.4908
Power capacity
3 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
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Lumen Akron 2 in Akron, Summit 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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Notes on the record

Distinct from lumen-cleveland-1-oh (different city/county). Address and neighborhood (Middlebury/Goodyear Heights) independently confirmed via Signal Akron local journalism and OSM Nominatim geocode, corroborated by three aggregator listings (datacentermap.com, baxtel.com, datacenters.com), which consistently label it 'Akron 2' (legacy Level 3 branding) to distinguish it from a separate, unverified 'Lumen Akron 1' at 520 S. Main St. Building is ~12,000 sqft with ~6,000 sqft raised-floor colocation space; certifications (HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 1/2, SSAE 18) are generic enterprise-colocation marks, not AI/GPU-specific, so no aiClassification is set. No capacity MW disclosed in any source. Akron City Council approved a 2026-07-27 conditional-use review ordinance for new data centers; Signal Akron names this facility explicitly as an existing site unaffected by the ordinance (not retroactive). No operator-primary (assets.lumen.com) page exists for this specific site, unlike Cleveland.

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
  • 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.

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 Lumen Akron 2 data center in Akron?

Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Lumen Akron 2 in Akron, Summit 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 Lumen Akron 2 data center?

No lawsuit over Lumen Akron 2 appears in the record we track as of August 16, 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 Lumen Akron 2 use?

No water withdrawal figure for Lumen Akron 2 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 Lumen Akron 2, and how big is it?

Lumen Technologies is the operator on record. We hold 20 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 3 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Lumen Akron 2," updated August 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/lumen-akron-2-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/lumen-akron-2-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.Where 7 data centers operate in Summit County, and why it matters · Signal Akron · retrieved August 2, 2026
  2. 2.Future data centers in Akron may face new review process · Signal Akron · retrieved August 2, 2026
  3. 3.Lumen Akron 2 data center listing · Baxtel · retrieved August 2, 2026
  4. 4.Lumen Akron 2 data center listing · datacenters.com · retrieved August 2, 2026
  5. 5.Lumen Akron 2 data center listing · Baxtel · retrieved August 16, 2026

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