Aligned Data Centers
Erie County, OH
Source: OpenStreetMap
Aligned Data Centers is a mapped data center in Erie County, OH, operated by Prime Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented a 633,484 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkAligned Data Centers is a mapped colocation facility in Erie County, Ohio, operated by Prime Data Centers. The site covers 633,484 square feet and draws power from Ohio Edison Co within the PJM grid. Despite the Aligned Data Centers branding, the property is run by Prime Data Centers, a distinction worth noting when tracing who actually controls the operation.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentPrime Data Centers
- Files asPrime Data Centers
- This facilityAligned Data Centers
In the news
source: GDELT- Ramaswamy wants data centers all over Ohio — and he's invested in nearly every tier of the industry he'd regulate - TiffinOhio.netTiffinOhio.net· Jun 16, 2026
- Ohio Consumers Fear AI Data Centers Could Raise Electric Bills. Michigan Is Having The Same Debate - MITechNewsMITechNews· Jun 15, 2026
- Ohio is a PEZ dispenser for the mega-riches' data centers | Opinion - The Columbus DispatchThe Columbus Dispatch· Jun 15, 2026
- Ohio residents continue signature collection for petition ban on data centers - mariettatimes.commariettatimes.com· Jun 13, 2026
- Tax dispute derails Ohio effort to regulate data centers - E&E News by POLITICOE&E News by POLITICO· Jun 12, 2026
- Ohio Republicans back off effort to kill a beefy tax credit for data centers - Signal AkronSignal Akron· Jun 12, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Ohio reported $130.4M in Sales/use tax exemption for qualified property used in an eligible computer data center (R.C. § 122.175) for FY2024 (Ohio Department of Taxation / Office of Budget and Management). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site cleared at the PJM-wide (RTO) price, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
An estimated ~120 to 260 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Toledo), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Sandusky High School in Sandusky, is 0.4 mi from this site (1,004 students). 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.