ROK LLC

Data Center Signal is tracking 3 clips about ROK LLC data center developments across 1 states, including RI.

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News ClipUprise RI·Smithfield, Providence County, RI

Rhode Island AI Plans Face Data Center Cost Test

Rhode Island is pushing an AI strategy, but faces significant questions regarding the power and water demands, tax incentives, and job creation from data centers. A proposed corporate complex in Smithfield, which may include data storage facilities, is serving as a critical local test case. State lawmakers are considering bills to make large data centers bear their infrastructure costs and to offer tax incentives, while Smithfield has discussed zoning amendments to define and potentially prohibit data centers.

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9/12/2026

News ClipUprise RI·Smithfield, Providence County, RI

PIRG Wants a Two-Year Pause on Big Data Centers

PIRG is advocating for a two-year moratorium on data centers consuming 50 megawatts or more in Rhode Island, citing concerns about electricity and water use. This push coincides with a local dispute in Smithfield where a proposed corporate complex that could include data centers is facing a procedural challenge regarding its application's completeness and conflicts with a new town ordinance prohibiting data centers. State legislative efforts to address data center costs and water reporting did not pass this year.

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9/2/2026

News ClipUprise RI·Smithfield, Providence County, RI

Rhode Island Data Center Tax Breaks Face Scrutiny

Rhode Island lawmakers considered two bills related to data center tax breaks and electricity costs, both of which failed to pass. In Smithfield, a proposed data center development by Hanton City Investments and ROK LLC faced a town-wide ban and an application deemed incomplete, leading to an appeal by the developers. The debate highlights the economic trade-offs of data center tax incentives versus limited job creation and high demands for electricity and water.

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8/10/2026