Lordstown

SoftBank / SB Energy · Lordstown, Ohio

Water — consumed, not returned

Taken from the basin2,172M gal/yr

Evaporated on site136M gal

Making the power2,036M gal

Basin stressLow

Where the water comes from: Municipal potable supply
Cooling: Closed-loop liquid
Basis: Modelled from cooling design — WUE 0.10 L/kWh

Air — what the stacks emit

Nitrogen oxides976t/yr

Sulphur dioxide1,695t/yr

Fine particulates154t PM2.5

Health damages$164M/yr

Where it burns: PJM RFC — Ohio / Penn.
Generation mix: Gas 48 · Nuclear 27 · Coal 20
CO₂e: 2,004 kt/yr — climate, not air quality

Who wanted it

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 running of 600 MW announced

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.

Where it is

41.1600°, -80.8500°

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Water and air figures are modelled from disclosed capacity, not measured — site-level error is roughly ±40%. Diesel backup generators are not counted, so on-site figures are floors. Full method.