Data Center Registry
PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus
Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio · All 2 PRSM Group sites
PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus is a cancelled data center in Monroe Township, Ohio (Preble County), operated by PRSM Group. The public record puts it at 270.34 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- PRSM Group
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Monroe Township, Preble County, OH
- Coordinates
- 39.8283, -84.6874 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 270.34 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
- Opposed
- 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.
- September 29, 2025CancelledProperty owners withdrew the rezoning application before the Board of Commissioners vote; the developer has signalled a possible future re-application. Source: Baxtel
- August 2025ProposedRezoning of ~300 acres from agricultural to limited industrial sought; 270.34 acres south of I-70 for the data center and 27.98 acres north of I-70 for agricultural special use. Source: Dayton 24/7 Now
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus in Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. The Preble County Planning Commission rejected the rezoning 11-0 and the Rural Zoning Commission 5-0; residents raised electricity-cost and water-supply concerns.
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.
The Preble County Planning Commission rejected the rezoning 11-0 and the Rural Zoning Commission 5-0; residents raised electricity-cost and water-supply concerns.
Notes on the record
Site fronts Orphans Road, Oxford-Gettysburg Road and Eaton-Gettysburg Road south of I-70. No tenant, capacity or investment figure was ever disclosed. Coordinates are a road-level geocode of Orphans Road in Monroe Township, approximate.
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.
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- AWS Trenton / Madison-St. Clair Township Campus · Trenton · Amazon Web Services27 mi · Proposed · Contested
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus in Monroe Township?
Yes. Organized local opposition to PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus in Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. The Preble County Planning Commission rejected the rezoning 11-0 and the Rural Zoning Commission 5-0; residents raised electricity-cost and water-supply concerns.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of August 27, 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 PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for PRSM Preble County 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 PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
PRSM Group is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 270.34 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "PRSM Preble County Data Center Campus," updated August 27, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/prsm-preble-county-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/prsm-preble-county-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.Commissions in Preble County reject farmland rezoning for data center development plan · Dayton 24/7 Now · retrieved August 27, 2026
- 2.PRSM: Preble County data center, project record (withdrawn) · Baxtel · retrieved August 27, 2026
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