HashWorks Industries, which now also uses the name Continuum Partners, plans a data center campus called Project Crystal in Waterford Township, Washington County. Its subsidiary bought farmland and woodland along Clark Hill Road from more than a dozen owners between April and July 2026. The campus would draw power through a line extension from the Muskingum River substation and would be built in phases with closed-loop cooling.
Washington County approved a letter of intent and a nondisclosure agreement in January 2026, with a proposed 15-year tax abatement. The county is negotiating development and community benefit agreements, and nothing has been signed. Waterford Township has no zoning, and residents have pushed back on the project.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 1.37 miles | ACS: Waterford (Project Riverbend) |
ACS Group's data center unit proposes Project Riverbend on the former AEP Muskingum River power plant site in Waterford Township, Ohio.
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| 2.62 miles | Cipher Digital: Ulysses |
In December 2025, Cipher Mining acquired the Ulysses site, a 195 acre land parcel in Ohio, marking its first major expansion outside of Texas.
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HashWorks Industries develops sites for high-density computing, energy storage and renewable energy. It is based in Westport, Connecticut, and was founded in 2021 by Todd Esse, its CEO, with co-founders Jason Tham and Bob Johnson. Its business lines cover powered land, energy solutions and asset management.
In 2026 its subsidiary HashWorks Powered Land Waterford assembled more than 900 acres in Waterford Township, Ohio, for a data center campus. The company now also presents itself as Continuum Partners.
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November 04, 2026 United States
Voters in 10 states approved nearly every local data center restriction on the Nov. 3 ballot. Ballotpedia counted 41 measures across those states, and voters backed limits or rejected pro-development proposals in 40 of them, according to the tracker's analysis and results compiled by CNBC....
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October 21, 2026 Cleveland
Cleveland City Council voted on the night of Oct. 19 to extend the city's moratorium on new data centers through Jan. 29, 2027, or until council enacts permanent rules. The extension keeps zoning permits and occupancy certificates frozen for new standalone data centers and also covers...
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July 31, 2026 Ohio
French energy and water utility Veolia has been selected to operate and maintain a 350MW microgrid powering an undisclosed AI data center campus in Ohio. The behind-the-meter energy system is designed to supply 100% of the facility’s power needs, combining gas engines, linear generators, and a...
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July 22, 2026 Ohio
Cervenka Development Partners is exploring a potential data center project in Amherst, Ohio. The company has applied for a zoning variance to allow data center use on industrial land parcels along Nordson Drive. The request will be reviewed by the City of Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals on July...
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May 18, 2026 Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio, has turned down Lakeland Equity Group’s $1.6 billion plan to develop a data center campus. Mayor Justin M. Bibb announced on May 14 that the city had denied the permit for the proposed facility, which was planned for a 35-acre site at 3560 E 55th St. Lakeland described the...
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