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Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center
The Plains, Athens County, Ohio
Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center is a proposed data center in The Plains, Ohio (Athens County), operated by Saadia Holding LLC. The public record puts it at announced July 2026, 300 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Saadia Holding LLC
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- The Plains, Athens County, OH
- Coordinates
- 39.3701, -82.1324 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 300 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- July 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 100 permanent
- 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.
- July 14, 2026ProposedSaadia Holding LLC first contacted the Athens County planner about land-use regulations for the site. Source: Athens County Independent
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center in The Plains, Athens County, Ohio is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Athens Township trustees (Aug 1, 2026), Athens City Council (Aug 3, 2026) and the Athens County commissioners (Aug 4, 2026) each adopted one-year data center moratoria after residents packed July 28 meetings.
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.
Athens Township trustees (Aug 1, 2026), Athens City Council (Aug 3, 2026) and the Athens County commissioners (Aug 4, 2026) each adopted one-year data center moratoria after residents packed July 28 meetings.
Power and water
The company described a closed-loop cooling system requiring about 100,000 gallons to fill initially and 10,000 to 20,000 gallons monthly for maintenance.
Notes on the record
A roughly 250,000 sq ft facility proposed on nearly 300 acres across six parcels fronting U.S. 33 along the Athens-Dover township line, across from Athens High School. Land is owned by NML Gallia LLC. No formal development application had been filed as of late July 2026.
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
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Project Tamarack · West Columbia · Starwood Digital Ventures27 mi · Proposed · 2.2 GW · Mixed reception
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center in The Plains?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center in The Plains, Athens County, Ohio is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Athens Township trustees (Aug 1, 2026), Athens City Council (Aug 3, 2026) and the Athens County commissioners (Aug 4, 2026) each adopted one-year data center moratoria after residents packed July 28 meetings.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center?
No lawsuit over Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center 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 Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center 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 Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center, and how big is it?
Saadia Holding LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 300 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Saadia Holding Athens-Dover Township Data Center," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/saadia-holding-athens-dover-township-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/saadia-holding-athens-dover-township-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.(Updated) NY company exploring Athens County data center · Athens County Independent · retrieved September 9, 2026
- 2.Appalachian Ohio a target for data centers · Athens County Independent · retrieved September 9, 2026
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