March 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Great news everybody, we just opened a new $33 billion dollar fossil gas plant that will emit 16 million metric tons of CO2 a year. Things are going great.
Ohio's $33 billion power plant is massive. Here's a by the numbers look at Piketon facility
Such a large project comes with costs and numbers that can be hard to grasp. Here is a breakdown of the $33 billion Piketon project.
www.dispatch.com
April 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Great news everybody, we just opened a new $33 billion dollar fossil gas plant that will emit 16 million metric tons of CO2 a year. Things are going great.
Piketon, Ohio
Population: 2,140
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piketon,_Ohio
Population: 2,140
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piketon,_Ohio
February 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Piketon, Ohio
Population: 2,140
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piketon,_Ohio
Population: 2,140
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piketon,_Ohio
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September 16, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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So, the world’s largest data center is being built in Piketon, OH.
Buckeyes, how do you feel about this?
Buckeyes, how do you feel about this?
September 29, 2026 at 2:54 PM
So, the world’s largest data center is being built in Piketon, OH.
Buckeyes, how do you feel about this?
Buckeyes, how do you feel about this?
Piketon will
- Kill between 9 and 90 people
- Have between $145m and $1.3bn in health costs
- Cause between 7k and 45k asthma attacks
- Will use the equivalent of 4.5m to 6m households of power
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- Kill between 9 and 90 people
- Have between $145m and $1.3bn in health costs
- Cause between 7k and 45k asthma attacks
- Will use the equivalent of 4.5m to 6m households of power
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Data Center Database & Impact Estimator
docs.google.com
June 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Piketon will
- Kill between 9 and 90 people
- Have between $145m and $1.3bn in health costs
- Cause between 7k and 45k asthma attacks
- Will use the equivalent of 4.5m to 6m households of power
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- Kill between 9 and 90 people
- Have between $145m and $1.3bn in health costs
- Cause between 7k and 45k asthma attacks
- Will use the equivalent of 4.5m to 6m households of power
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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September 16, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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September 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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Eloy portando tremendo piketon
January 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Eloy portando tremendo piketon
Ohio voters are upset with their status as a top data center destination, as Piketon prepares to host the largest data center on Earth🇺🇸
September 22, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Ohio voters are upset with their status as a top data center destination, as Piketon prepares to host the largest data center on Earth🇺🇸
"To meet its major energy demands, a natural gas plant would be built nearby" essentially on top of a decommisioned uranium enrichment site LOL
Hope and concern swirl for Ohioans around ‘world’s largest datacenter’
Piketon datacenter promises to generate thousands of jobs, but environmental groups voice concern over project
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"To meet its major energy demands, a natural gas plant would be built nearby" essentially on top of a decommisioned uranium enrichment site LOL
The expected scale of OpenAI data-center on the site of a former uranium-enrichment plant in Piketon, southern Ohio.
August 19, 2026 at 10:29 AM
The expected scale of OpenAI data-center on the site of a former uranium-enrichment plant in Piketon, southern Ohio.
www.statenews.org/section/the-...
I'm not sure why this counts as the first when Centrus is operating in Piketon, OH.
I'm not sure why this counts as the first when Centrus is operating in Piketon, OH.
Piketon stopped enriching uranium twenty years ago. Now the nuclear industry is coming back
The U.S. Department of Energy has spent over a decade cleaning up the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Now, the site is getting new tenants.
www.statenews.org
July 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
www.statenews.org/section/the-...
I'm not sure why this counts as the first when Centrus is operating in Piketon, OH.
I'm not sure why this counts as the first when Centrus is operating in Piketon, OH.
‘Families are dying’: an Ohio town suffering from fallout years after nuclear plant’s closure
As Trump calls for more nuclear power, Piketon, the site of an enrichment facility, knows first hand its ill effects
Read in The Guardian: apple.news/ABfe_cCTAQGW...
👉this regime doesn't care👈
As Trump calls for more nuclear power, Piketon, the site of an enrichment facility, knows first hand its ill effects
Read in The Guardian: apple.news/ABfe_cCTAQGW...
👉this regime doesn't care👈
‘Families are dying’: an Ohio town suffering from fallout years after nuclear plant’s closure — Guardian US
As Trump calls for more nuclear power, Piketon, the site of an enrichment facility, knows first hand its ill effects
apple.news
September 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
‘Families are dying’: an Ohio town suffering from fallout years after nuclear plant’s closure
As Trump calls for more nuclear power, Piketon, the site of an enrichment facility, knows first hand its ill effects
Read in The Guardian: apple.news/ABfe_cCTAQGW...
👉this regime doesn't care👈
As Trump calls for more nuclear power, Piketon, the site of an enrichment facility, knows first hand its ill effects
Read in The Guardian: apple.news/ABfe_cCTAQGW...
👉this regime doesn't care👈
This is pure insanity—read the thread below, about a planned data center for Piketon, OH. These people are out of control.
Piketon will
- Kill between 9 and 90 people
- Have between $145m and $1.3bn in health costs
- Cause between 7k and 45k asthma attacks
- Will use the equivalent of 4.5m to 6m households of power
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
- Kill between 9 and 90 people
- Have between $145m and $1.3bn in health costs
- Cause between 7k and 45k asthma attacks
- Will use the equivalent of 4.5m to 6m households of power
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Data Center Database & Impact Estimator
docs.google.com
June 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This is pure insanity—read the thread below, about a planned data center for Piketon, OH. These people are out of control.
El piketon con el que llevo al mago siempre me tiene enamorao
January 28, 2026 at 11:20 AM
El piketon con el que llevo al mago siempre me tiene enamorao
Hemos tirado la casa por la ventana. Nueva era, nuevo formato, nuevo plató, nuevo todo. Solo pido un pelín 🤏de paciencia hasta tenerlo todo piketito piketón.
August 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Hemos tirado la casa por la ventana. Nueva era, nuevo formato, nuevo plató, nuevo todo. Solo pido un pelín 🤏de paciencia hasta tenerlo todo piketito piketón.
Piketon datacenter promises to generate thousands of jobs, but environmental groups voice concern over project
Hope and concern swirls for Ohioans around ‘world’s largest datacenter’
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Piketon datacenter promises to generate thousands of jobs, but environmental groups voice concern over project
Their credibility is down the drain. Listen here: Radioactive Nightmare in Piketon, Ohio’
youtu.be/62HEIQv_M0A?...
youtu.be/62HEIQv_M0A?...
April 13, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Their credibility is down the drain. Listen here: Radioactive Nightmare in Piketon, Ohio’
youtu.be/62HEIQv_M0A?...
youtu.be/62HEIQv_M0A?...
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March 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy may have an unexpected problem: his own campaign captain doesn't fully buy his pitch.
'Hard no': Politico exposes simmering tension hitting Ramaswamy from inside his own team
Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy may have an unexpected problem: his own campaign captain doesn't fully buy his pitch.At a recent county GOP Lincoln Day dinner in Piketon, Ohio, Ramaswamy delivered his now-trademark riff on opportunity in America. "We call it the American dream ...
bit.ly
June 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy may have an unexpected problem: his own campaign captain doesn't fully buy his pitch.
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September 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Local press on massive Piketon data center: It's on contaminated federal land in a rural Appalachian community with high cancer rates and early death rates 107% higher than the national average. @jasonsalley.bsky.social Scioto Valley Guardian: bit.ly/4dAjho6
@jcarrsmyth.bsky.social @apnews.com
@jcarrsmyth.bsky.social @apnews.com
Piketon set to become ground zero for new energy megasite
PIKETON, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce announced Friday a public-private partnership with SoftBank and AEP Ohio to
bit.ly
March 21, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Local press on massive Piketon data center: It's on contaminated federal land in a rural Appalachian community with high cancer rates and early death rates 107% higher than the national average. @jasonsalley.bsky.social Scioto Valley Guardian: bit.ly/4dAjho6
@jcarrsmyth.bsky.social @apnews.com
@jcarrsmyth.bsky.social @apnews.com
“Everyone knew what was going on down here at Piketon, but they didn’t do anything. They consider us dumb Appalachian people. They experimented on us. They’re going to continue to experiment on us.”
Price of power: The future of American nuclear built over a troubled past
Piketon residents felt like they were doing their part, enriching uranium to help win the Cold War, but that in the end, America allowed their community to be poisoned. Now some fear plans for data ce...
www.cleveland.com
April 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM
“Everyone knew what was going on down here at Piketon, but they didn’t do anything. They consider us dumb Appalachian people. They experimented on us. They’re going to continue to experiment on us.”
honorable mention to this pretty sunset photo i took in 2024 coming back from piketon
May 22, 2026 at 7:35 AM
honorable mention to this pretty sunset photo i took in 2024 coming back from piketon