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Urbana Technology Hub

Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio · All 3 Thor Equities sites

ProposedIn litigationRecord updated October 14, 2026

Urbana Technology Hub is a proposed data center in Urbana, Ohio (Champaign County), operated by Thor Equities. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Thor Equities
Facility type
Data center
Location
Urbana, Champaign County, OH
Coordinates
40.1200, -83.7472 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
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
Community Reinvestment Area tax abatement agreement, City of Urbana, 2025
Community reception
In litigation
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. February 2026
    Proposed
    Thor submitted a site plan for a 460,000 sq ft data center near OH-55 and US-68 (near the Rittal plant) after Urbana annexed and rezoned the property to M-1 in April 2025. The plan was rejected and the project is now in federal litigation. Source: WYSO

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Urbana Technology Hub in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Urbana's zoning appeals board rejected the Feb 2026 site plan.

A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.

Urbana's zoning appeals board rejected the Feb 2026 site plan. Council then passed a 12-month moratorium (Mar 2026) and repealed the data-center-enabling ordinance (June 16, 2026). Thor sued the city, council and zoning board in federal court on June 19, 2026.

Source: WYSO

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Community Reinvestment Area tax abatement agreementNot establishedCity of Urbana2025

Notes on the record

Thor says it has spent over $19M on preliminary work and projects $3M/yr in city tax revenue. The end user is undisclosed. Coordinates are the Urbana city centroid (approximate). The site is near the OH-55 / US-68 intersection.

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
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • 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.
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.
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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Urbana Technology Hub data center in Urbana?

Yes. Urbana Technology Hub in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Urbana's zoning appeals board rejected the Feb 2026 site plan.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Urbana Technology Hub data center?

Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.

How much water does Urbana Technology Hub use?

No water withdrawal figure for Urbana Technology Hub 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 Urbana Technology Hub, and how big is it?

Thor Equities is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Urbana Technology Hub," updated October 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/thor-equities-urbana-technology-hub-oh.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/thor-equities-urbana-technology-hub-oh, retrieved October 29, 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.WYSO: Urbana backed down from rules paving way for big data centers. Now a developer is suing (Thor Equities, 460,000 sq ft) · WYSO · retrieved October 14, 2026

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