Pike County Combined Data Center and Power-Generating Facility

under construction

Construction of what could be the nation’s largest combined data center and electrical power-generating facility broke ground in Southern Ohio’s Pike County. The project is expected to bring tens of thousands of construction jobs and thousands of full-time jobs to the area. It includes a 9.2 gigawatt natural gas-fueled power plant and a 1.2-gigawatt nuclear power campus developed in partnership with Oklo to support Meta’s data centers in the region. The project is a $33 billion venture resulting from a Trump administration deal with Japan to ease tariff threats. There is also political debate and environmental concerns, including a proposed constitutional amendment to ban all new large data centers in Ohio.