A local developer and a global tech firm hope to bring a major data center project to Portage County, to an emerging business park just north of the Ohio Turnpike.
Bitdeer has a contract to buy about 257 acres at the Turnpike Commerce Center in Shalersville Township. The publicly traded company, based in Singapore, aims to fill much of that site with a 15-building computing hub to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence.
Executives from Bitdeer and Geis Cos., the business-park developer, outlined their vision in interviews with News 5 this week. They’ve scheduled an open house Friday for township residents. A broader public meeting about the project will take place at 5:30 p.m. on June 16 at Shalersville Township Hall…