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Satellite view of the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio on June 24, 2026: the large white process buildings and paved yards of the existing plant at left, ringed by a perimeter road, with farmland, woodland and open fields covering the surrounding acreage where the PORTS Technology Campus is planned.

JUL 27, 2026

Data CentersPower Generation

SB Energy's 10 GW Ohio Campus Is Raising Capital Faster Than It Is Moving Dirt

SB Energy's 10 GW Piketon campus has a $250B Nvidia backstop in talks and no visible construction since its March groundbreaking.

Juan Felipe Hernandez

Data Center Analyst at aterio.io

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Aerial view of a Microsoft data center campus surrounded by farmland, with rows of low white server buildings, backup generator yards and electrical substations under a cloudy sky.

JUL 21, 2026

Data CentersPower Generation

Microsoft Restarts the Three Ohio Campuses It Cancelled in 2025, Roughly 869 MW

Microsoft cancelled roughly 869 MW of Ohio data center capacity in April 2025, and all three Licking County campuses are now grading toward a 2029 target.

Javier Reyes

Data Analyst at aterio.io

Side-by-side satellite comparison of Microsoft's Boyd Farm data center campus in Catawba County, North Carolina, dated November 11, 2025 and February 10, 2026, with a new electrical substation cluster and freshly graded building pad in the south of the campus circled in the later image

JUL 15, 2026

Data CentersPower Generation

Microsoft Restarts Its Three Paused North Carolina Data Center Campuses, Up to 810 MW

Microsoft's three paused Catawba County data center campuses, up to 810 MW, are moving again, caught by Aterio's satellite imagery in early 2026.

Javier Reyes

Data Analyst at aterio.io

Site plan of the Tarboro Net Zero data center campus on aerial imagery, off Anaconda Road in Tarboro, North Carolina, showing the project area with two buildings, a chiller yard, an on-site generation yard, a BESS yard, and the Tarboro electric substation.

JUL 08, 2026

Data CentersPower Generation

Tarboro's 'Net Zero' Data Center Runs on Gas, and the Town Voted It Down 7-1

Tarboro's $6.4B 'Net Zero' data center runs on gas and an unproven carbon sponge, not solar, and the town rejected the permit 7-1.

Caio Cunha

Energy Analyst at Aterio

Site plan of Williams' Socrates North power plant in New Albany, Ohio, overlaid on satellite imagery in the OPSB staff report for case 25-0188-EL-BGN, showing rows of CAT 3520 reciprocating engines, Titan 130, Titan 250, and SGT-400 gas turbines, mobile SMT 130 units, transformers, C15 backup generators, a gas yard, control building, sound wall, fence line, and a temporary laydown yard off Green Chapel Road NW

JUL 06, 2026

Data CentersPower Generation

Socrates: Williams Is Building a 2 GW Off-Grid Power Fleet for Meta in New Albany, Ohio

Williams's Socrates is a 2.3 GW behind-the-meter power fleet for Meta in New Albany, Ohio: 1,486 MW of gas generation plus 838 MW / 1,676 MWh of storage.