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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Saadia Holding Athens–Dover Township Data Center.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Saadia Holding LLC
- Address and locality
- The Plains · Athens County · Ohio
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- proposed
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 9 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001272
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Land area
- 300 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced jobs
- 100 permanent
- Community response
- Provider label: opposed
- Announced
- July 2026
Provider notes
Water. The company described a closed-loop cooling system requiring about 100,000 gallons to fill initially and 10,000–20,000 gallons monthly for maintenance.
Community. 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.
What the source record says
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.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-07-14 · source-reported proposed
Saadia Holding LLC first contacted the Athens County planner about land-use regulations for the site.
Sources and attribution
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- (Updated) NY company exploring Athens County data center · Athens County Independent
- Appalachian Ohio a target for data centers · Athens County Independent
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID saadia-holding-athens-dover-township-oh. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001272
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
Location and precision
- The Plains, OH · Athens (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Saadia Holding LLC
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported proposed
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: July 2026
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2026-07-14 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 300 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced jobs: 100 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: opposed
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-09
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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