Probably in lots of little pieces
Tarkin suggested that the loss of the plans would not be a great setback:
Tarkin spoke with detached consideration, as much to himself as
Romodi. “The original plans for this station are kept at the Citadel,
are they not?”
“They are.”
Along with other technical schematics for projects covered by the
Tarkin Initiative. It would be a special pity, Tarkin thought, to see
War-Mantle and Stellarsphere set back. But hardly a major blow to the
galactic timetable, particularly with the Death Star finally online.
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He also refers to the “original plans” being kept on Scarif, suggesting that there are modified or partial versions elsewhere. This only makes sense, of course: some portion of the plans would be necessary for the actual construction of the Death Star, which wasn’t happening on Scarif. Indeed, Galen Erso noted that the engineering archive on Scarif was complete:
“I know there’s at least one complete engineering archive in the data
vault at the Citadel Tower on Scarif. Use what I’ve told you, run the
analysis, and you’ll be able to plan your attack. Any pressurized
explosion to the reactor module will set off a chain reaction that
will—”
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It’s possible that there was another complete archive that Galen did not know about, but this seems improbable. That the full plans were not available to most people seems likely: the Emperor purposely kept construction of his superweapon fragmented.
All the same, he had no compelling reason to solve the enigma of the
battle station’s beginnings. What bothered him was that, compliant
with a strategy that no base commander—Moff, admiral, or
general—should have unrestricted access to information regarding
shipments, scheduling, or construction progress, no single person was
in charge of the project, unless of course the Emperor was considered
to be that person.
Tarkin
But there would have been numerous partial plans at the various Imperial research facilities (such as the one Galen worked at). In time, the project could be reconstructed from those, and from the expertise of the people who had worked on it (as could, apparently, War-Mantle and Stellarsphere).1
1: That these projects would have been set back suggests that, for them at least, there were not other complete schematics readily lying around.