MARA Long Ridge Energy Terminal Data Center
Hannibal, Monroe County, OH
MARA Long Ridge Energy Terminal Data Center is an announced data center project in Hannibal, OH, backed by MARA Holdings, Inc. The project is sized at 200 MW. MARA agreed (~$1.5B, announced Apr 2026) to acquire the 505MW Long Ridge gas plant on the former Ormet aluminum-smelter site (1,600+ acres) in Hannibal, Monroe County, and intends to build a 200MW data center there; deal expected to close H2 2026. Site already hosts a smaller existing bitcoin/compute facility being expanded.
- 200 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Ohio state legislation
- PUCO Case No. 23-891-EL-AEC - New Albany Data Center (Silicon Heartland) Electric ArrangementPUCO approved Feb 2024 -- New Albany Data Center leases a substation/equipment from AEP Ohio for an 8-year term, part of the $500M Silicon Heartland Datacenter Campus build.Download
- PUCO Case No. 24-0508-EL-ATA - AEP Ohio Data Center TariffFiled May 2024; PUCO adopted a settlement (July 2025) requiring 25MW+ data center customers to commit to ≥85% minimum-take of subscribed capacity, 12-year contracts, 3-year exit fee. Companion Mobile Data Center tariff in the same docket. The template several other states' tariffs since referenced.Download
- PUCO Case No. 25-0958-EL-AIR - AES Ohio Rate Case (Data Center Rate Class)Unopposed settlement filed ~July 2026 creating a separate Data Center rate class for AES Ohio, tied to ~2.1GW of contracted data-center load. PUCO order expected Dec 2026.Download
- Marysville Community Reinvestment Area Agreement (City Council Meeting Packet)Community Reinvestment Area agreement/council packet governing tax and community terms for a Marysville, Ohio data center project.Download
- HB 983 - Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection ActEstablishes accountability and citizen-protection requirements for data centers.Download
- HF2690 - Data center water/energy use reporting and tariffsRequires reporting and tariff requirements for water and energy use by data centers.Download
- Ohio Supreme Court Case No. 2025-1458 - Appeal of AEP Data Center TariffOhio Manufacturers' Association appeal (filed Nov 2025) challenging PUCO's approval of the AEP data center tariff (24-0508-EL-ATA) as based on unreasonable assumptions. Still pending.Download
- SB374 - Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptionsDescription comingDownload
- HB710 - Prohibit public support, limit construction of, new data centersDescription comingDownload
- HB646 - Create the Data Center Study CommissionDescription comingDownload
- HB999 - Prohibit property tax exemptions for data centersDescription comingDownload
- HB957 - Prohibit new data center sales tax exemptions from being grantedDescription comingDownload
- SB381 - Require PUCO approval to connect data centers to electrical gridDescription comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- MARA Holdings, Inc.
- County
- Monroe County, OH
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Address
- Hannibal, OH
- Stage
- Announced
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