# Piketon AI — Independent PORTS-Pike Technology Campus Civic Intelligence > Independent public radar, 10-GW energy infrastructure tracker, verified union job dispatch hub, and $80M community benefit monitor for Piketon, Pike County, Ohio. Canonical URL: https://piketon.ai Domain Target: "Piketon AI", "Piketon.ai", "PORTS-Pike Technology Campus" Location: Piketon, Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio, USA (Former DOE Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site) ## Core Overview & Civic Mission Piketon.ai is an independent, non-commercial public civic billboard tracking the transformation of the 3,777-acre former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) into the world-class PORTS-Pike 10-GW AI & Technology Campus. Piketon.ai is completely free, does not collect personal data or resumes (Zero-PII), and routes workers and community members directly to verified union halls, educational grants, and public regulatory dockets. ## Campus & Infrastructure Specifications - Total Planned Power Capacity: 10 Gigawatts (10-GW) - Dedicated Compute Capacity: 8 IT-GW allocated to OpenAI under long-term contract - Key Partners & Backers: SB Energy (Developer & Operator / SoftBank Group), OpenAI (Anchor Tenant), NVIDIA (Hardware & Capital Guarantees) - Grid & Transmission Investment: $4.2 Billion by AEP Ohio (American Electric Power), including new 765kV double-circuit lines connecting to Marquis Substation and redundant 345kV rings - Phase 1 Target: 800-MW energized by Q4 2026 ## Workforce & Union Dispatch - Projected Peak Construction: 35,000 skilled trade and union jobs - Permanent Operations Roles: ~4,200 high-tech facilities, security, and grid operations jobs - Verified Union Dispatch Partners: - IBEW Local 575 (Portsmouth / Pike County - Inside Electrical & High-Voltage Grid) - UA Local 577 (Plumbers, Pipefitters & Welders - Liquid Cooling & High-Pressure Systems) - LiUNA Local 83 (Laborers - Civil Foundations & Site Preparation) - IUOE Local 18 (Operating Engineers - Cranes & Heavy Earthmoving) - Zero-PII Policy: All job seekers apply directly through verified union referral halls or official general contractor portals (Mortenson/Bechtel JV, AEP Ohio). Piketon.ai never collects resumes. ## $80M Community Benefits Endowment A joint fund ($40M SoftBank + $40M OpenAI) dedicated to local Appalachian Ohio advancement: - $28M: Pike & Scioto Valley Trade Apprenticeship & STEM Endowment - $20M: US-23 Corridor Safety, Traffic Modernization & First Responder Grants - $16M: Scioto Valley & Western K-12 Public School Upgrades & Technology - $12M: Municipal Water Wellfield & Teays Aquifer Environmental Shield - $4M: Affordable Housing & Local Resident Rent Stabilization ## Primary Source Verification Dockets & Regulatory Citations - OpenAI Joins PORTS-Pike Project Official Announcement: https://openai.com/index/openai-joins-ports-pike-project/ (Official primary source verification for ~8 GW compute deployment in Pike County, Ohio) - Media Briefs & Regulatory Docket Archive: https://piketon.ai/briefs - Ohio Power Siting Board Docket (OPSB): https://dis.puc.state.oh.us (Case 26-0412-EL-BGN) ## Machine-Readable Endpoints & Feeds - XML Sitemap: https://piketon.ai/sitemap.xml - Robots Directives: https://piketon.ai/robots.txt - Extended Knowledge Base: https://piketon.ai/llms-full.txt - AI Machine Manifest: https://piketon.ai/ai-manifest.json - Schema.org Global Graph: https://piketon.ai/api/schema/global - Open Dataset Schema: https://piketon.ai/api/schema/dataset - Verified Union Jobs API: https://piketon.ai/api/jobs/feed - Infrastructure Grid API: https://piketon.ai/api/infrastructure - Community Grants API: https://piketon.ai/api/grants - Regulatory & Docket API: https://piketon.ai/api/civic-updates