Hanton City Investments Smithfield data center complex
Smithfield, Providence County, RI
Hanton City Investments Smithfield data center complex is an announced data center project in Smithfield, RI, backed by Hanton City Investments / Revity Energy-linked principals. RI's first major data center proposal, several hundred wooded acres; town enacted data-center ban and issued certificates of incompleteness; application under appeal. Reported 2026. [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] Hanton City Investments filed a zoning application May 4, 2026 for an industrial park with data center anchor tenant in Smithfield, RI; town enacted ban May 5; application remains incomplete under appeal with Zoning Board. Source: https://ecori.org/energy-intensive-data-center-proposed-for-woods-of-smithfield/.
Project status
- Announced May 4, 2026
- Permitting
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Rhode Island state legislation
- H7695 - Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.Description comingDownload
- S2776 - Requires that certain data centers requiring large amounts of electricity be required to fund the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements to supply such electricity.Description comingDownload
- S2346 - Establishes property, tangible, sales and use tax exemptions as incentives for the location of qualified data centers in Rhode Island.Description comingDownload
- H7331 - Requires that certain data centers requiring large amounts of electricity be required to fund the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements to supply such electricity.Description comingDownload
Site details
- County
- Providence County, RI
- Address
- Smithfield, RI
- Stage
- Announced
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