Thor Equities Urbana Technology Hub

AI data center in Urbana, OH, United States: paused.

Status: Paused

Thor says it has spent more than $19 million on the project. Urbana's March 2026 moratorium and June 2026 zoning change stopped the project, and Thor's federal lawsuit against the city was still pending in October 2026. No power figure has been published. Source: WYSO, 2026-06-23.

Paused and cancelled projects stay listed in the directory but are not counted in state totals, capacity totals or rankings.

Thor Equities Urbana Technology Hub is a AI data center project located in Urbana, OH, United States, currently paused. It was being developed by Thor Equities. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across OH, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.

Project description

Thor Equities proposes the Urbana Technology Hub, a 460,000 sq ft data center near Ohio 55 and U.S. 68 by the Rittal plant. After Thor filed its site plan in February 2026, Urbana passed a 12-month moratorium and in June 2026 repealed the zoning that allowed data centers, and Thor sued the city in federal court.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Thor Equities Urbana Technology Hub?
Thor Equities Urbana Technology Hub is an AI data center project in Urbana, Ohio tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is paused. A paused campus stays listed with its source, but is never counted in state totals, capacity totals or rankings.
Where is Thor Equities Urbana Technology Hub?
Thor Equities Urbana Technology Hub is in Urbana, Ohio. Every tracked Ohio campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/ohio.
Who is building Thor Equities Urbana Technology Hub?
Thor Equities was developing Thor Equities Urbana Technology Hub.

Sources

  1. Urbana backed down from rules paving way for big data centers. Now a developer is suing (wyso.org · press · 2026-06-23)
  2. WDTN (wdtn.com · press · 2026-06-23)