Singapore-based Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure company Bitdeer Technologies Group has announced plans to develop a large-scale data center campus in Shalersville Township, Portage County, Ohio, with an ultimate power capacity of 750 megawatts, even as the township currently maintains a moratorium on data center development.

A Phased Campus at the Turnpike Commerce Center

Bitdeer has a contract to purchase approximately 257 acres at the Turnpike Commerce Center in Shalersville Township, where it intends to build a 15-building campus in partnership with local real estate firm Geis Cos., the developer behind the broader business park.

According to the Project, the first phase of the development would include two data halls, each spanning around 48,000 square feet, along with a 51,500-square-foot office building situated at the southwestern end of the site. That initial phase would carry a power capacity of approximately 150 megawatts.

A second phase would add another 12 data halls, bringing the total potential capacity to 750 megawatts if the full campus is completed.

Bitdeer said the full build-out would take around five years and cost more than USD 300 million, a figure that does not include computing equipment. A public meeting on the proposal was scheduled for June 16 at Shalersville Township Hall.

Jobs and Tax Revenue on the Table

Bitdeer has projected that the first phase of the Shalersville campus would create between 30 and 50 permanent jobs, with that number rising to between 150 and 200 positions if the entire campus reaches completion.

On the financial side, the company is not seeking tax breaks for the development.

Bitdeer senior project manager Paul Hanson told News 5 Cleveland that the first phase is expected to generate approximately USD 2.17 million per year in property tax revenue, and the company has offered to make up the difference should revenues fall short of that figure.

Navigating a Township Moratorium

The project faces a significant regulatory hurdle. Shalersville Township currently has a moratorium on data center development that is scheduled to run until early November.

Township officials told News 5 Cleveland that the pause was introduced to allow time to study the sector and develop rules governing noise, lighting, landscaping, building size, utility use, and fire suppression.

The moratorium means the project has not yet received approval, and Bitdeer and Geis will need to work through the township's review process before construction can proceed.

Addressing Community Concerns on Water and Noise

In anticipation of local concerns, Bitdeer has outlined specific measures aimed at minimizing the project's environmental and community impact.

Hanson said the first group of buildings would use a closed-loop cooling system that recycles liquid, requiring approximately 350 gallons of water per day.

The site would not rely on wells for its water supply. On the issue of noise, which is among the factors the township's moratorium was designed to address, the company said it plans to install sound walls and earth mounds and use landscaping to reduce noise generated by cooling equipment.

An Expanding Ohio Footprint

The Shalersville proposal is the latest addition to what has become a substantial development pipeline for Bitdeer across Ohio.

The company is already building a 221-megawatt Bitcoin mining facility in Massillon, located roughly an hour southwest of Shalersville.

That project encountered a setback in November 2025 when a fire damaged two buildings at the site, as previously reported by Data Center Dynamics.

Beyond Massillon, Bitdeer has outlined plans for a 570-megawatt site in Clarington, Ohio, and a 300-megawatt grid-connected development in Niles.

The Shalersville proposal would be the company's largest single campus footprint in the state.

Hanson told News 5 Cleveland that the company is focused on Ohio and views the state as attractive for both data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities.

A Broader Strategic Shift Toward AI and HPC

Bitdeer's Shalersville announcement comes as the Singapore-based company has been moving portions of its portfolio away from pure cryptocurrency mining and toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads.

The strategic pivot reflects a wider trend among crypto miners who are seeking to redeploy existing power capacity, land, and electrical infrastructure for compute applications that carry higher commercial value.

The Turnpike Commerce Center campus, if approved and fully developed, would represent one of the more substantial data center investments in northeastern Ohio, a region that has seen growing interest from large-scale compute operators looking for available land and power infrastructure outside of the most saturated markets.