Dedicated Power in Ohio
One of the most active Private Grid development markets in the country - and the center of Smartland's site pipeline.
Why Ohio
Ohio has what a procurement team weighs: gas pipeline access from one of North America's most productive supply regions and industrial-zoned land suitable for generation and large-load campuses. In eastern Ohio, energy-community bonus eligibility can also improve project economics.
Ohio has become one of the country's most active markets for dedicated, decentralized Private Gridgeneration serving data centers - capacity built at the load, independent of centralized grid buildout. That also means competition for sites and capacity is accelerating.
Gas + Land
Pipeline access and industrial-zoned acreage in the same corridors
PJM
Inside the nation's largest wholesale market footprint
Smartland's Ohio Activity
Our lead Ohio site is in Van Wert County: 150 MW of dedicated generation in development, with land under option, gas supply confirmed in writing and a clean Phase I environmental assessment. See where it stands →
Eastern Ohio Site Evaluations
Active evaluation of sites screened for gas access, acreage, zoning, and interconnect scope.
Read the update →Muskingum River Redevelopment
A former power plant site under evaluation for potential redevelopment as dedicated generation.
View the initiative →Capacity for 2028
Capacity is reserved in sequence at a defined Point of Delivery, on three delivery timelines with first power as early as Q1 2028.
How reservation works →Built for Large Loads
The platform delivers dedicated Private Grid capacity for 100-300 MW air-cooled data center deployments, and up to 400 MW for liquid-cooled, high-density AI infrastructure. The architecture is N+2: modular 10 MW RICE generation, A/B power at the POD, and a contract-backed SLA suitable for procurement, lender, and investor diligence.
Also Evaluating
Ohio anchors the pipeline, but it doesn't end there: Southwest Virginia sits inside the same PJM footprint with proximity to data-center growth corridors, and sites in Minnesota are under review as part of the active development pipeline.