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title: "Stargate Lordstown (SoftBank; OpenAI tenant), Lordstown, Ohio, US — campus ledger — The AI Compute Race — DRYBURGH · The Compute Economy"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-lordstown
description: "Stargate Lordstown: not yet due. 0 MW evidenced of 214 MW announced or estimated, end of August 2026 reading; operations promised by 31 December 2026."
---

# Stargate Lordstown (SoftBank; OpenAI tenant), Lordstown, Ohio, US

SoftBank; OpenAI tenant

Stargate Lordstown (SoftBank and OpenAI tenant; Lordstown, Ohio, US) was promised operations by 31 December 2026; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 214 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: not yet due.

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Announced or estimated (IT load) 214 MW

Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026 0 MW

The book’s verdict Not yet due

The ledger’s reading is the end of August 2026: the promises and the states as they stood then. Each row’s evidence carries its own date, printed on it.

The promise and the record, on one line. The book’s verdict: **Not yet due**.

- Evidence read 29 August 2026
- Today Nov 2026
- Promised 31 December 2026

**0 MW** evidenced at the end-of-August 2026 reading, of 214 MW announced or estimated (0%).

## The announcement

**Announced or estimated capacity (IT load):** 214 MW

**Where the announcement was read:** [epoch.ai](https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers/directory/openai-stargate-lordstown)

**When it was read:** 28 August 2026

## The promise

**Promised by:** 31 December 2026

**What was promised:** operations

**Where the promise was read:** [openai.com](https://openai.com/index/five-new-stargate-sites/)

## At the close of the record

**Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026:** 0 MW

**Where the evidence was read:** not on file

**When it was read:** 29 August 2026

**The book’s verdict:** Not yet due

## The book’s note

OpenAI said in September 2025 the site would become operational in 2026; Epoch projects first operation about 1 Mar 2027 (August 2026 compilation’s table of promised dates, anchor addendum). 214 MW is Epoch’s estimate. The August 2026 compilation records 0 publicly verified and names no source for the zero.

## Also

**Who is involved:**

- developer [SoftBank](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/softbank)
- tenant [OpenAI](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/openai)

## Campuses near it in the ledger

- [PORTS-Pike](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/ports-pike) Ohio, US · shares a party
- [Prometheus](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/prometheus) Ohio, US
- [Google New Albany](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/google-new-albany) Ohio, US
- [Stargate UAE](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-uae) shares 2 parties
- [Stargate Milam County](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-milam-county) shares 2 parties
- [Stargate Doña Ana / Project Jupiter](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-dona-ana-project-jupiter) shares a party

## Questions about this campus

**Is Stargate Lordstown energized?:** Stargate Lordstown (SoftBank and OpenAI tenant; Lordstown, Ohio, US) was promised operations by 31 December 2026; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 214 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: not yet due.

**When was Stargate Lordstown promised to be energized?:** Stargate Lordstown was promised operations by 31 December 2026.

**Who is building Stargate Lordstown?:** SoftBank (developer), OpenAI (tenant).

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