Strata Expanse is planning an AI data center near Hanging Rock, Ohio, but four weeks in, they still have not released concrete technical details.
The company claims it will power the facility with its own solar and hydrogen generation, possibly exporting clean power back to the grid, but provided no numbers on load, capacity, or grid interconnect.
Local officials and residents are worried about higher power bills and environmental impacts, and the lack of specifics on power draw, cooling (including geothermal), and water use is not easing those concerns.
Strata says it is coordinating with “local leaders and utility partners” and using “innovative cooling technologies,” but again offers no measurable data, which matters for grid planning and community trust.
The project is framed as an “AI Center of Excellence” with 200–300 jobs and modular data center infrastructure, but vague terms like “Gray-Space-as-a-Service” and “Land-To-Hand” remain unexplained.
From an AI infra lens, the key gap is transparency on MW scale, cooling design, water footprint, and actual renewable mix versus marketing language.
Worth a click if you track how second-tier regions negotiate opaque, power-hungry AI builds and the tension between local economic promises and hard infrastructure realities.
Source: Ironton data center company responds to community concerns | Ohio News | herald-dispatch.com
