Lordstown

SoftBank / SB Energy · Lordstown, Ohio

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The resource footprint

Modelled average

In one day, this campus would consume about

9.0150-metre swimming pools

Filled with the volume of water consumed by the campus and its electricity supply.

The actual estimate5,949,577 US gallons consumed

50-metre pools · 2 metres deep

Each diagram = 1 pool. Partial shading shows the remainder.

At the campus371,849 galMaking its electricity5,577,729 gal

Power-plant water may come from a different watershed. This is a volume comparison, not a claim that households lose this water.

If announced plans are fully built · Not operating yet · Annual model spread evenly over time, not a live meter. Site estimates may differ by roughly ±40%.

Comparison sizes & sources

One pool = 50 × 25 × 2 metres = 2.5 million litres (about 660,430 US gallons). Pool depths vary; this is a defined comparison size.

One home-year = 10,791 kWh, the EIA’s 2022 average US residential electricity purchases. This excludes electricity generated at home and is a fixed US benchmark for all sites.

One car-year = 4.6 tonnes CO₂, the EPA’s typical passenger vehicle tailpipe estimate. The campus model is in CO₂e; the comparison expresses approximate climate scale, not equal mixtures of pollutants.

Monthly values are annual totals ÷ 12; daily values are annual totals ÷ 365. Actual demand varies. Comparisons cover the whole campus, including non-AI uses.

Water: see the numbers and sources

This is water used up, mainly through evaporation. Power-generation water may be used in a different watershed.

Total water use2,172M gal/yr

Evaporated on site136M gal

Making the power2,036M gal

Household comparison27,145homes, at 80,000 gal/year

Pressure on local water: Low — a regional measure of demand compared with available water
Where the water comes from: Municipal potable supply
Cooling: Closed-loop liquid
Basis: Modelled from cooling design — WUE 0.10 L/kWh

Air: see the numbers and sources

The totals include nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and fine particles. They cover both this site and the power plants supplying it.

Nitrogen oxides976t/yr

Sulphur dioxide1,695t/yr

Fine particulates154t PM2.5

Health (EPA)$164M/yr

Health range: $57.7–164 million a year. Lower bound is EASIUR national mid-range; upper is EPA benefit-per-ton at a ~$12M VSL.
Statistical deaths: 13.6 a year at that VSL — a national-average conversion from tons, not a local concentration study.
Equals: 1,220,213 cars of NOx
Where it burns: PJM RFC — Ohio / Penn.
Generation mix: Gas 48 · Nuclear 27 · Coal 20
Diesel backup: Diesel backup is not yet counted for this campus, so on-site air figures are a floor.
CO₂e: 2,004 kt/yr — climate, not air quality

The project, approvals and community concerns

Who asked for it: OpenAI — SoftBank develops on the former Foxconn / Lordstown Motors plant
Who approved it: Village of Lordstown and Trumbull County approvals; AEP Ohio supply under the 2025 PUCO tariff
What it serves: OpenAI compute under Stargate
IT capacity: 0 MW current capacity / 600 MW full-build scenario

The third industrial reuse of the same site in a decade — GM assembly, then EV startups, now AI compute. Existing heavy-industrial interconnection is precisely why these sites are being bought.

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Gigawatt Ledger (2026). Lordstown: water and air. https://gigawatt-ledger.pages.dev/site/lordstown/. Modelled from disclosed capacity; site-level error ±40%.

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