Data Center Atlas
Bitdeer and Geis Shalersville AI data center campus
Proposed
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Proposed 15-building AI data center campus by Bitdeer Technologies Group and Geis Development at the Turnpike Commerce Center, just north of the Ohio Turnpike in Shalersville Township, Portage County, Ohio. Plans made public in May 2026 start with two data halls of about 48,000 sq ft each plus an office building and 150 MW of initial power capacity, with a potential 750 MW at full build-out over about five years; construction was put at more than USD 300 million, excluding computing equipment. A township moratorium is in place, and on 6 October 2026 trustees required uses of 25 MW or more to sit on heavy industrial land, which the township lacks; Geis's lawyers threatened to sue.
Source record as of 2026-10-07 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Bitdeer and Geis Shalersville AI data center campus
Proposed last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Shalersville Township, Portage County, Ohio, US. Sources place the site at the Turnpike Commerce Center just north of the Ohio Turnpike in Shalersville Township, without coordinates. The point is the township coordinate from its Wikipedia article, not the site. News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); The Portager; The Portager; The Portager; Wikipedia
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | up to 750 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-10-07 | Potential capacity if the full campus is built; the sources do not say whether this is IT or facility load. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); TheEnergyMag; The Portager |
| Power capacity | 150 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Initial capacity | 2026-05 | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS) | |
| Investment | more than 300,000,000 USD | Reported · Campus | 2026-05 | Construction cost excluding the company's computing equipment. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS) |
| Land area | about 257 acres | Reported · Campus | 2026-08-14 | The October 2026 Portager report instead describes the campus as sitting on just over 150 acres of Geis-owned land. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); TheEnergyMag; The Portager |
| Buildings | 15 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-08-14 | Phase 1 is two data halls plus a 51,500 sq ft office building; phase 2 adds 12 data halls. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); TheEnergyMag; The Portager |
| Floor area | about 48,000 sq_ft | Planned · Phase · Each phase 1 data hall | 2026-05 | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); TheEnergyMag | |
| Jobs construction | about 400 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-06-17 | Local construction jobs over five years, as presented at the June 2026 public meeting. | TheEnergyMag |
| Jobs permanent | 150–200 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-06-17 | At full build-out; phase 1 alone was put at 30 to 50 long-term jobs. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); TheEnergyMag |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitdeer Technologies Group | Developer | Reported in May 2026 to be under contract to buy about 257 acres for the campus. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); The Portager; TheEnergyMag; The Portager; The Portager |
| Geis Development | Developer | Streetsboro-based business park developer partnering with Bitdeer. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); The Portager; TheEnergyMag; The Portager |
| Shalersville Holdings (Geis Companies) | Owner | Geis affiliate described as owning the land in August 2026; the October 2026 report also calls it Geis-owned land. | The Portager; The Portager |
| Shalersville Township | Government | Has a data center moratorium in place and in October 2026 redefined its industrial zoning categories. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); The Portager |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05 | Announced | Actual | Plans became public in late May 2026, ahead of a township residents' open house that the article links to 29 May. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS) |
| 2026-06-16 | Other | Actual | Public meeting at Shalersville Town Hall drew about 200 people inside and dozens more outside. | TheEnergyMag |
| 2026-10-06 | Other | Actual | Trustees amended zoning definitions so that uses of 25 MW or more belong on heavy industrial land, which the township lacks; Geis's lawyer called the change unlawful and said the firm would sue unless it was tabled or rejected. The moratorium runs to the first week of November, and trustees said they would extend it if needed. | The Portager |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Bitdeer said it would pay for the electricity it needs and for any transmission and distribution upgrades; the utility is not named. | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS) |
The News 5 Cleveland article (s1) shows no publication date; its images are dated 27 May 2026 and it links to a 29 May 2026 open house, so its figures are dated 2026-05. The Portager's June report (s2) relays the land-contract detail from News 5. Bitdeer says it is not seeking tax abatements and put phase 1 property tax revenue at about USD 2.17 million a year. The first buildings would use closed-loop liquid cooling with about 350 gallons of water a day and no wells. The August 2026 Portager article is partly paywalled; only its opening could be read. Further planning commission, zoning commission and trustee meetings were scheduled for 14 to 20 October 2026.
Sources for these details
- Local developer, global tech firm plan major data center project in Portage County — News 5 Cleveland (WEWS); publication date not stated · Archived source
- Asian crypto mining company and Geis partner to bring data center to Shalersville — The Portager; 2026-06-05
- Bitdeer's 750MW Ohio AI Data Center Plan Draws Local Scrutiny — TheEnergyMag; 2026-06-17 · Archived source
- Shalersville weighs zoning changes to block data center — The Portager; 2026-08-14
- Shalersville redefines industrial zoning, adding obstacles to data center proposal — The Portager; 2026-10-07
- Shalersville Township, Portage County, Ohio — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
- Developer: Bitdeer Technologies Group (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Bitdeer Technologies Group (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Bitdeer Technologies Group (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Bitdeer Technologies Group (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Bitdeer Technologies Group (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Geis Development (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Geis Development (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Geis Development (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Geis Development (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: Shalersville Holdings (Geis Companies) (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: Shalersville Holdings (Geis Companies) (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Shalersville Township (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Shalersville Township (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Shalersville redefines industrial zoning, adding obstacles to data center proposal evidence row
The Portager · published 2026-10-07 · News - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 20 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 41.24560, -81.26030
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Sources place the site at the Turnpike Commerce Center just north of the Ohio Turnpike in Shalersville Township, without coordinates. The point is the township coordinate from its Wikipedia article, not the site.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 54ab57f7
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian crypto mining company and Geis partner to bring data center to Shalersville Archived copy | The Portager News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | The Portager | 622bf74cbf8b07572fa40da7977914ef71d57b53a381a9821843a371c3a6e1e0Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Bitdeer's 750MW Ohio AI Data Center Plan Draws Local Scrutiny Archived copy | TheEnergyMag Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | TheEnergyMag | 11e50168cf3b5815005d046c1345b548907723567d5c5296fe0be55476755d6aFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Local developer, global tech firm plan major data center project in Portage County Archived copy | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Announced, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Government | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | News 5 Cleveland (WEWS) | f6a3007c4e4217b2d8d35811264b7c05f9b358e085af00559331abd26b4e175eFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Shalersville redefines industrial zoning, adding obstacles to data center proposal Archived copy | The Portager News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Government, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | The Portager | 77e7e7c853f69d8a5f7674dc27a30fa93ea57ca69f3b611e81044c48c9110ee2Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Shalersville Township, Portage County, Ohio Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | ac4826ec0e58c80bbdfe10930640761e46515c58aa034b1b2a739a372c51bc8cFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Shalersville weighs zoning changes to block data center Archived copy | The Portager News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Land Area, Role: Developer, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | The Portager | 2cfc54b347553b38748b377197ff8d9e9bf3b4599b80191e0e102d45f0e56560Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Bitdeer and Geis Shalersville AI data center campus [site vcc-site-43a4fd4202a0c1c9518f]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-43a4fd4202a0c1c9518f/
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