Labor Support for the PORTS Technology Campus, Piketon, Ohio
At up to 10 gigawatts across roughly 2,700 acres, PORTS is described as potentially the world's largest AI data center — and one of the largest labor mobilization efforts in the industry.
Project facts (publicly reported)
SB Energy broke ground on the PORTS Technology Campus in Piketon, Ohio in March 2026 — a project with a reported $67.2 billion total program and up to 10 gigawatts of capacity across roughly 2,700 acres, described by U.S. officials as potentially the world's largest AI data center.
What a project of this scale requires
A campus at this scale doesn't get staffed from a single labor pool, local or otherwise — it requires sustained, large-scale mobilization over years of construction, likely across multiple contractors and build phases. Ohio has become one of the country's fastest-growing data center markets (alongside Meta's Prometheus facility in the state), which means demand for experienced data-center-trained labor is outpacing what any single local market can supply.
How LaborNOW's model applies here
- Large-scale blended crews — local sourcing supplemented with experienced travel labor at a scale that matches the project, not a fixed headcount.
- Multi-year staffing relationships rather than one-off mobilization, given the project's expected build-out timeline.
- Dedicated project management for coordination across contractors and phases — see our project management page.
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