Rhode Island index · last changed 14 September 2026

Rhode Island data centers: what the public record shows.

No reviewed records are published yet. This does not mean there are no data centers in Rhode Island; it means the available evidence has not cleared publication.

1 sourced policy record for Rhode Island ↓Facility register: 2 records · by county →0 published DataCenterData records · evidence status shown per row1 licensed directory lead · not independently verifiedThese counts overlap and are not added together

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Map, listings and checked facts.

Start with 1 licensed source lead, then inspect the separate public-evidence layer below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and are not a statewide census.

Rhode Island map

Reported locations in Rhode Island

1 licensed row · 1 source locality · 1 map target

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Source-reported points; some are approximate. Not parcel boundaries. Exact Approximate or representative Bounded nearby groupA number on a marker is the count of licensed rows it holds.Licensed layer only (Compute Atlas, source data through 14 October 2026). The interactive map lists 2 data-center source listings here across licensed, operator and DataCenterData layers (1 with a map point); 2 with government registry records. Source listings are not distinct sites.

Browse 1 mapped area as links

Smithfield1 licensed row · approximate

Map sources and method

The state outline is adapted from the U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundary file. Facility coordinates are adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Outline and markers use one geographic projection before any explicitly disclosed readability offset. Exact singleton source anchors are never moved. A one-kilometre boundary tolerance prevents the simplified 1:20,000,000 outline from hiding legitimate border-area source points; farther conflicts are disclosed, not clamped. DataCenterData groups source-reported city coordinates only within a bounded map radius; the outline does not validate a facility record. 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).

1 licensed rows1 reported city labels1 eligible organization labels

1source-reported proposed

Browse the 1 row below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and remain separate from the checked public-evidence layer.

Official metro areasProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA 1 mapped listing (all states, all layers)

Smithfield 1

Counties in the facility registerProvidence 1

Hanton City Investments LLC 1

Hanton City Business Park (data center anchor)
Hanton City Investments LLC
Smithfield · Providence County · Rhode Island

source-reported proposedCapacity not statedSource updated 24 July 2026approximate location

View lead →Facility record →dcd-dir-000777

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Separate layer

Also listed by operators

Sites that operators list on their own websites and that are not rows in the licensed directory above. They are kept apart and never added to the licensed rows.

1 operator-listed sites (mixed units; not added to licensed rows) in Rhode Island →

1 of these sites has no supported coordinate. The map does not invent a pin or a metro placement for them.

Rhode Island evidence at a glance

Nothing published yet, on purpose

Selected public evidence, not a statewide census. Each row shows whether it is independently source-linked, attributed, or unresolved; licensed leads remain separate.

Published project / campus: 0
Published facility / building: 0
Attributed or unresolved rows: 0
Licensed directory leads: 1 not independently verified
Capacity boundary stated: 0 of 0 published DataCenterData rows
Review timing: Audit through 14 September 2026 · next 11 January 2027

Known coverage gap

the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep, so program-level and award-level incentive records were not systematically checked.

Browse the 1 Rhode Island licensed lead → · Why these counts differ →

Where the records were checked

Statewide audit pending

Nothing published yet, on purpose

Nothing published here does not mean there are no data centers in the state. The reason and the date we look again are below.

No independently source-linked record is published yet. The reviewed source roster and current research gaps are shown below.

State research audit window ended 14 September 2026. Individual records and claims below show their own evidence dates and may be newer.

Next scheduled coverage review: 11 January 2027.

0 independently source-linked project/campus records; 0 independently source-linked facility/building records; 0 attributed or unresolved rows. These counts use different units and must not be added together.

Source families checked, selected records and remaining gaps

These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.

Economic development incentives — Partly checked
- the current review did not include a broad discovery sweep, so program-level and award-level incentive records were not systematically checked.
- Qualified Jobs and Rebuild RI award lists not reviewed for any data center recipient.
Selected records
- Rhode Island Commerce · Rhode Island Commerce Corporation
Utility commission and large-load records — Partly checked
- A named, site-specific commission docket, tariff, special contract, interconnection request or ISO-NE record tying a Rhode Island location to data-center use remains missing.
- The Rhode Island Energy response and ISO-NE forecast are system-level screening records; they do not establish a project or prove statewide absence.
Selected records
- Rhode Island PUC commission dockets · Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission
- RIPUC Docket 25-45-GE, Rhode Island Energy responses to PUC Set 9 (public) · Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission
Environmental and construction permits — Partly checked
- No air permit search performed; generator permits for any Rhode Island data center remain unchecked.
- No stormwater construction general permit notices reviewed for the Smithfield site.
Selected records
- RIDEM Air Quality · Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
- RIDEM preconstruction air permits · Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Local planning, assessor and map records — Checked
- PLN-26-10 / OpenGov application body stating whether Smithfield Corporate Complex proposes data-center use was not independently readable.
- September 2, 2026 Board of Appeals minutes for case 26-011 are not on file.
- No Providence use, permit, or occupancy record naming a data center was opened.
Selected records
- Town of Smithfield 2026 meeting agendas page (Internet Archive capture 2026-08-14) · Town of Smithfield
- Town of Smithfield planning board meeting materials / recent applications (Internet Archive capture 2026-08-14) · Town of Smithfield
- Town of Smithfield ordinances and charter index (Internet Archive capture 2026-08-14) · Town of Smithfield
Tax abatements and development agreements — Partly checked
- No Smithfield tax stabilization agreement or PILOT record reviewed; the town site is blocked.
- no broad discovery sweep was completed to find agreement coverage.
Selected records
- Rhode Island Commerce tax credits · Rhode Island Commerce Corporation
Operator disclosures — Partly checked
- No operator page was retrieved for the two Providence colocation listings, so their operator names are unverified and possibly legacy brands.
- No hyperscaler location pages checked for Rhode Island; no broad discovery sweep was completed.
- No offshore-wind-linked data center proposal was searched for beyond Quonset.
Selected records
- Quonset Development Corporation · Quonset Development Corporation
- Quonset Development Corporation site search: 'data center' · Quonset Development Corporation
Open datasets and directories — Partly checked
- Data Center Map, datacenters.com, Baxtel and PeeringDB not consulted for Rhode Island (two of these were unavailable during review earlier in the current review).
- The directory's own count (10) exceeds what it displays, so operating facilities are likely missing.
Selected records
- Compute Atlas licensed directory, state extract · Compute Atlas
- Rhode Island Data Center Location Map · Cloud and Colocation
Closures, withdrawals and former names — Partly checked
- No archived-page or corporate-history sweep for older Rhode Island facilities.
- Whether the Smithfield application survives the ordinance is unresolved in all retrieved sources.
Selected records
- Smithfield puts the brakes on potential data center · Valley Breeze
News and other discovery — Checked
- Rhode Island Current and ecoRI News coverage (noted as blocked in the Compute Atlas record) was not attempted.
Selected records
- Proposed data center still looms over Smithfield, even after town council enacts ban · Ocean State Media

Local evidence by place

Licensed and operator listings, reviewed records, answers and local policy for each place. Listings overlap and are not added; a place without a line here has no published local evidence.

Smithfield · 1 licensed · local policy: Smithfield: zoning amendment listing data centers as not permitted · no local evidence answer

No statewide evidence answer is published for Rhode Island either; statewide rules are under Policy tracker below.

Policy tracker

Rhode Island policy records

1 sourced record is associated with this state context. They are grouped below as current, pending and nonbinding, and history, and each card shows its relevant date. These are not facility counts and do not cover every locality.

Current 1 record

Recorded as in effect on the dataset date. This does not mean every project in a represented state is restricted or approved.

Permanent restriction or prohibition · Smithfield only (local rule)

Smithfield: zoning amendment listing data centers as not permitted

In effect · Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island · Local

Source document: 5 May 2026

Issuing authority: Smithfield Town Council

On 5 May 2026 the Smithfield (Rhode Island) Town Council voted 4 to 1 to adopt a zoning amendment that defines data centers and lists them as not permitted in every zoning district in the town.

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Open the Rhode Island policy comparison

Review dates: the 1 Rhode Island record was last checked 23 September 2026. 1 scheduled review is overdue as of the tracker date 3 November 2026: Smithfield: zoning amendment listing data centers as not permitted (last checked 23 September 2026, review due 23 October 2026). Overdue means not re-read yet, not changed. No single record, and not this list, establishes complete statewide policy coverage.