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Pennsylvania Data Center Investment Tracker

Name: Pennsylvania Data Center Investment and Capital-at-Risk Record
Creator: SAVRN
Published: 2026-08-24
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Pennsylvania carries 16 named site commitments worth at least $30.5B in disclosed capital, set against 42 projects blocked, delayed or restricted, 14 cancelled or blocked and 17 delayed or under moratorium, as of October 8, 2026.

Updated October 8, 2026 16 named sites 42 blocked, delayed or restricted 1 financing transaction 137 sources

Pennsylvania

12 capital providers on record

Named sites

Site-level commitments the atlas records in Pennsylvania

Disclosed capital floor

$30.5B

Sum of sites with a stated dollar figure. Sites without one are listed, not counted

Disclosed capacity

9,160 MW

Sum of sites with a stated megawatt figure

Blocked, delayed or restricted

$27.8B of announced capital in those projects

Who is investing

Who is investing in data centers in Pennsylvania?

The largest disclosed commitments in Pennsylvania are Amazon (AWS) (Pennsylvania campuses (Salem Township and Falls Township), ≥$20.0B); n.a. (Corscale Swatara Township data center, $10.5B). Together the 16 named sites here carry a disclosed floor of $30.5B; sites with no dollar figure are listed but not counted.

Amazon (AWS) 3 sites · $20.0B Nebius Group 1 site

Named sites

Named data center sites in Pennsylvania

Each row is one site-level commitment with its capital provider, the figure the source states, and the status the source gives it. Capital is shown as one compact figure; the verbatim wording is in the row's sources.

Site	Capital provider	Place	Capital	MW	Status
Pennsylvania campuses (Salem Township and Falls Township)	Amazon (AWS)	Luzerne and Bucks counties	≥$20.0B	n.a.	announced
Corscale Swatara Township data center	n.a. with Corscale Data Centers	Swatara Township, Dauphin County	$10.5B	n.a.	announced
Project Phoenix campus, Shippingport Groundbreaking announced 10 September 2026	Aligned Data Centers with Holder Construction, Kokosing	Shippingport, Beaver County	n.a.	2,000	under construction
Slate Belt Holdings data center campus (former River Pointe property) Proposal reported July 2026; MOU votes 25 August 2026; township data center ordinance adopted 21 September 2026; consultant discussion 28 September 2026	Slate Belt Holdings (Talen Energy and River Pointe Logistics Center team) with Talen Energy, River Pointe Logistics Center	Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County	n.a.	2,000	proposed
PAX-1 data center development (Country Club Road) Final land development approved Wednesday 2 September 2026	Carlisle Development Partners with Pennsylvania Data Center Partners, PowerHouse Data Centers	Middlesex Township, Cumberland County	n.a.	1,350	final land development approved (Phase 1-B)
Keel Scrubgrass data center (former Scrubgrass power plant) Town halls 22 September 2026; reported 23 September 2026; single-outlet report (WJET)	Keel Infrastructure	Scrubgrass Township (near Clintonville), Venango County	n.a.	1,300	proposed
Highridge Business Park AI factory Site disclosed May 2026; phase schedule published by Nebius	Nebius Group with PPL Electric Utilities	Butler Township, Schuylkill County	n.a.	1,200	announced
Hendricks Group data center campus and gas plant (Henderson Road, Fiore Property) Reported Monday 5 October 2026 (Pittsburgh's Public Source, single outlet, from Right-to-Know records); purchase agreement 22 June 2026	Hendricks Group Developers, LLC	Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County	n.a.	1,000	proposed
Alpha Compute northern Pennsylvania AI data center campus Term sheet announced 11 August 2026; seller financing amendment announced 10 September 2026 (company release); single-outlet report (FinanzNachrichten.de (company release))	Alpha Compute Corp.	Tioga County	n.a.	200	announced
Sharon HPC data center Mining ceased 29 June 2026; approvals reported 10 August 2026	Keel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms)	Sharon	n.a.	110	under development
AWS data centers at Homer City Energy Campus (Center and Blacklick townships) Application tabled 9 September 2026; project narrative published ahead of that meeting	Amazon (AWS) with Homer City Redevelopment LLC, FirstEnergy	Homer City area (Center and Blacklick townships), Indiana County	n.a.	n.a.	proposed
Kline Township campus Approved unanimously by the Kline Township Board of Supervisors on Wednesday 30 September 2026, two days after the planning commission's conditional recommendation; first presented January 2026	Amazon (AWS)	Kline Township (McAdoo area), Schuylkill County	n.a.	n.a.	approved
Misty Hollow Energy and Data Campus (614 Prospect Road) Planning commission tabled preliminary approval Thursday 1 October 2026; next consideration 22 October 2026; completion targeted as early as mid-2029	614 Prospect RD LLC	Forward Township, Butler County	n.a.	n.a.	proposed (preliminary plan filed)
Panther Creek HPC data center Mining ceased 29 June 2026; conditional approval reported 10 August 2026	Keel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms)	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	under development
Prime Data Centers Starpointe campus Conditional use hearing held 31 August 2026; reported 2 September 2026	Prime Data Centers with ALTIAN Development	Hanover Township, Washington County	n.a.	n.a.	announced
Salem 3 data center campus Planning Commission recommendation 23 July 2026 voided; re-heard 27 August 2026; recommended again 24 September 2026; supervisors' consideration expected October 2026	4-3 Glenbrook Group	Salem Township, Luzerne County	n.a.	n.a.	announced

Capital at risk

Blocked, delayed or restricted in Pennsylvania

Every project in Pennsylvania on the atlas's capital-at-risk record: the action taken, who took it, and the announced capital affected. Restarts and reversals are recorded with the same weight as blocks.

Project	Developer	Jurisdiction	Action	Capital
PAX-1 data center (Middlesex Township) litigation Arguments heard 18 September 2026; stay denied 22 September 2026; mandatory stay refused 5 October 2026; discretionary stay hearing 13 November 2026	Carlisle Development Partners	Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas	Residents led by Kyler Gerber appealed the township's approval. Judge Matthew Smith heard arguments on Friday 18 September 2026 and is reviewing a 21,000-page record, with no ruling timeline announced. The project is under construction. On Tuesday 22 September 2026 Judge Smith denied the appellants' request to halt work while their appeal of the township's 6 May preliminary land development approval proceeds, writing that it does not appear from the record that the appellants have a strong likelihood of prevailing on the merits. The case was not dismissed and the judge will continue to take argument; a separate suit challenging the 2025 zoning map change remains alive, and a DEP permit appeal is pending before the Environmental Hearing Board. PennLive reports the project at full buildout would be 16 buildings with a maximum computing power of 1.35 GW. PennLive reported on 1 October 2026 that the five neighboring property owners filed a new motion asking the Cumberland County court to stay construction and further plan review. They argue that state law and township ordinances require a pause while their substantive validity (spot zoning) challenge to the May 2025 data center overlay, filed with the township zoning hearing board on 13 May 2026, remains pending because the board never acted on it; in the alternative they ask for a discretionary stay. The requested stay would not apply to a PPL substation planned on the site. No court date had been set on the motion. In a ruling on Monday 5 October 2026, Cumberland County Judge Matthew Smith declined to order construction stopped, finding that a mandatory stay applies only to hearings pending before the zoning board, but scheduled a hearing for 13 November 2026 on whether to grant a discretionary stay; at the same hearing he will consider whether the challenge is a frivolous appeal under Pennsylvania law. Township supervisors gave final approval to PAX-1 in September 2026.	$15.0B
Cleveland Cliffs Steel Plant Data Center cancelled October 1, 2025	Brian O'Neill (developer)	Conshohocken / Plymouth Township	A developer attempted to convert the Cleveland Cliffs steel plant on 66 acres of Plymouth Township's riverfront corridor into a data center for undisclosed Big Tech tenants.	$9.0B
Project Scott denied March 27, 2026	Provident Realty Advisors	Archbald Borough	Council voted down Provident Realty Advisors' application to build a giant data center after months of growing outcry.	$2.1B
South Annville Township data center (1235 Martina Drive Owner LLC) withdrawn Withdrawn 12 May 2026	1235 Martina Drive Owner LLC (Inch & Co. and Eastern Land & Resources Co.)	South Annville Township	The developer withdrew its petition for zoning changes on Tuesday 12 May 2026, with its attorney writing that it will no longer pursue a data center in South Annville Township. The township planning commission had voted unanimously on 5 May 2026 against recommending the rezoning of about 58 acres, and more than 500 residents had signed an opposition petition.	~$1.7B
AWS Susquehanna co-location rejected 2024	AWS / Talen Energy (Susquehanna Nuclear LLC)	Luzerne County	FERC rejected the amended ISA 2-1 on Nov 1, 2024; Talen sought rehearing Nov 21, 2024	n.a.
Air Products former headquarters data center campus cancelled Zoning hearing board denial 27 May 2026 (written decision 6 July 2026); decision not to appeal confirmed 11 August 2026	Air Products	Upper Macungie Township Zoning Hearing Board	Air Products confirmed it is abandoning plans for a data center campus at its former global headquarters and let the deadline lapse to appeal the township zoning hearing board's May 2026 unanimous decision rejecting its argument that the use should be permitted. Residents had organized against the plan, and the company cited its deep roots in the community.	n.a.
Allentown data center moratorium moratorium Enacted August 2026	n.a.	Allentown	Allentown, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated August 2026. Allentown Ordinance 15-8508 on data center zoning: Bill 52 Amending Part II General Legislation, Chapter 660 Zoning, Article 5 Uses, Table 660-4 Use Table and Section 660-38 Manufacturing & Industry Group, adding public notice requirements and amendin Status Passed as of 2026-08-05.	n.a.
Bear Creek Township industrial zone expansion for data centers rejected Rejected at a Thursday special meeting, reported 3 and 4 September 2026	n.a.	Bear Creek Township Board of Supervisors	Bear Creek Township supervisors rejected a proposed ordinance that would have expanded the industrial zone into residential areas to accommodate data centers, with no supervisor making a motion to advance it and the chairman declaring the proposal dead. Two smaller alternative expansions remain under consideration at a 30 September 2026 hearing, ahead of a 16 October 2026 deadline to adopt a curative amendment regulating data centers.	n.a.
Blakely Borough data center withdrawn Withdrawal reported 15 September 2025; single outlet	n.a.	Blakely Borough	The developers withdrew their application for a zoning change for a data center in Blakely Borough days before a scheduled hearing, after heavy resident opposition, WOLF reported on 15 September 2025. The developers said the data center is not moving forward but that tree clearing and a material storage pad would proceed, which the borough manager said residential zoning does not allow.	n.a.
Brookville data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026	n.a.	Brookville	Brookville, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. 180-day moratorium on data centers and borough water use for data centers. Two potential data center projects prompted action. Unanimous vote. The measure runs to 14 December 2026.	n.a.
Buffalo Township data center moratorium moratorium Enacted August 2026	n.a.	Buffalo Township	Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated August 2026. 180-day moratorium on data center development in Butler County township; supervisors voted unanimously. The measure runs to 8 February 2027.	n.a.
Butler Township data center moratorium moratorium Enacted May 2026	n.a.	Butler Township	Butler Township, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated May 2026. 180-day curative amendment moratorium on data center applications; proposing 2,000-foot residential setback. The measure runs to 8 November 2026.	n.a.
Center Township data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026	n.a.	Center Township	Center Township, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. 180-day curative amendment halting data center and power generation plant development in Butler County. Unanimous vote. The measure runs to 7 December 2026.	n.a.
Clinton Township data center campus rejected Rejected September 2026; reported 10 September 2026	Linde Corporation	Clinton Township	Clinton Township supervisors voted unanimously to reject Linde Corporation's preliminary land development plan after roughly six months of review, reported 10 September 2026. A township engineer concluded the plan was not environmentally sound, and the board chairman said the application was incomplete. The township planning commission had accepted the resubmitted application in early July 2026, starting a 90-day review period that ran to 28 September 2026. Attorneys were to meet the developer within 15 days to review the deficiencies, leaving open the possibility of a revised submission. A township supervisor resigned in July 2026 after residents questioned ties to the developer.	n.a.
Conshohocken data center at former Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill withdrawn Withdrawn 17 November 2025	Brian O'Neill	Plymouth Township Zoning Hearing Board	The township planning board unanimously declined to recommend the proposal in October 2025. At the zoning hearing on Monday 17 November 2025 the developer withdrew the application less than an hour in, after it emerged that the agreement of sale with the property owner was not final and the applicant lacked legal standing, according to the zoning board solicitor.	n.a.
Coventry Mall data center (85,987 sq ft) withdrawn Application filed 13 August 2026; withdrawn 6 October 2026	PGOB Coventry Holdings LLC and PennMark Management Company Inc.	North Coventry Township	The developers withdrew their application to redevelop part of the former Coventry Mall with an 85,987 sq ft data center by a letter dated 6 October 2026, and the township cancelled the 22 October 2026 zoning hearing. The application, filed 13 August 2026, claimed the use was a public service facility allowed by special exception; the zoning officer found the use not permitted in the C-1 district. In February 2026 township supervisors had voted 3-2 against a separate 120,000 sq ft data center proposed off Route 724 before any application was filed.	n.a.
DANKO Holdings Muncy Township data center litigation Appeal filed 14 August 2026; motion to quash 28 August 2026; Commonwealth Court constitutional appeal filed 25 September 2026; argument on the county appeal 6 November 2026	DANKO Holdings II, LP / FISHLIPS, LLC	Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas	Two Muncy Township residents filed a land use appeal in Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas against the township supervisors and the developer, challenging the deemed approval of a data center conditional use application and related curative zoning amendment. They argue the township failed to hold a hearing or act within the 60-day period required by state code, and that the developer-drafted amendment amounts to spot zoning. The developer filed its application in late April 2026, hours before supervisors passed a nine-month moratorium on high-intensity data centers, and is contesting the appeal. The appeal was filed 14 August 2026 by neighbors Rae-Ellah and Sean Tetreault. Danko Holdings II, LP and Fishlips, LLC (owned by The Liberty Group) filed a motion to quash on 28 August 2026, arguing the appeal targets the deemed-denied curative amendment rather than the deemed-approved conditional use. The township asked for a remand for a conditional use hearing. Judge William P. Carlucci scheduled argument for 6 November 2026. On Friday 25 September 2026 Green Amendments for the Generations, with residents including neighbors Sean and Rae-Ellah Tetreault, filed a separate appeal in Commonwealth Court arguing that the Municipalities Planning Code provision under which the conditional use application was published as deemed approved, after the township held no hearing within 60 days, is unconstitutional and violates environmental rights and due process. The application covers three data center buildings (two 14-pod and one eight-pod), water storage and treatment and a substation near Yetter Road and John Brady Drive.	n.a.
Dauphin Highlands Golf Course data center paused Reported on hold indefinitely 5 August 2026	Not identified in reporting	Dauphin County	Plans for a data center at the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course site were put on hold indefinitely to allow for more community input, after residents raised concerns at a township meeting. The pause was reported on 5 August 2026. A separate $10 billion Corscale proposal sits about two miles away in Swatara Township and is not affected by this hold.	n.a.
Dickson City Development Bell Mountain data centers litigation Appeals filed 4 and 7 August 2026; reported 13 August 2026	Dickson City Development LLC (Kriger Construction affiliate)	Dickson City Borough and Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas	Dickson City Development filed an amended consolidated land use appeal on 4 August 2026 and a new appeal on 7 August 2026 seeking to void the borough's data center zoning regulations. The Dickson City Zoning Hearing Board had denied the developer's validity challenge on 20 May 2026 and four appeals of denied zoning permits on 27 May 2026, after the zoning officer denied the four permit applications on 17 February 2026.	n.a.
East Whiteland Township data center moratorium moratorium Moratorium March 2026; permanent ordinance adopted 24 September 2026	n.a.	East Whiteland Township	East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated March 2026. 180-day moratorium, board declared parts of data center zoning 'substantively invalid' and launched curative amendment. Developer Green Fig withdrew 1.7M sq ft application in May after sustained public opposition. The measure has a stated duration whose end date is not recorded. On Thursday 24 September 2026 the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a 32-page data center ordinance, after holding a moratorium for months while it re-examined zoning. The ordinance sets separation from homes, schools, daycares, parks and churches and addresses noise, water, cooling and power; it does not affect the 1.5 million sq ft project under construction at the former Cyprus Foote Mineral site.	n.a.
Gregg Township (Union County) 180-day moratorium on data center applications moratorium Adopted August 2026	n.a.	Gregg Township (Union County)	Supervisors adopted Resolution 2026-03 at a special meeting on Aug. 20, 2026, barring the acceptance, processing and approval of new data center or 'technical development' applications for a period not to exceed 180 days or until the board terminates it. The pending PNK Group application is excluded and continues to be processed separately.	n.a.
Hollenback Township data center rezoning (landowner curative amendment) denied Deemed denied 1 March 2026; headed to county court; single outlet	n.a. (31 property owners; attorney Daniel Karpowich)	Hollenback Township Supervisors / Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas	A curative amendment that would permit data centers on the land of 31 property owners was deemed denied at a public hearing on Sunday 1 March 2026, after the applicants' attorney objected to the hearing notice and refused a continuance and the supervisors closed the hearing. The Citizens' Voice reported the rezoning request is heading to Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.	n.a.
King of Prussia data center campus litigation Denied 13 August 2026; developer suits filed 16 September 2026	Brian O'Neill (MLP Ventures)	Upper Merion Township	Developer Brian O'Neill sued Upper Merion Township, its supervisors and planning commission seeking review extensions, and a Montgomery County judge enjoined township action on his applications on 12 August 2026. The judge vacated the injunction the next day. On 13 August 2026 the Board of Supervisors denied two extension requests and several preliminary land development plans, citing missing architectural, traffic and engineering information. O'Neill said he will appeal. On Wednesday 16 September 2026 O'Neill filed suits in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas challenging the board's rejection of the roughly 4.6 million sq ft campus, arguing township officials had said data centers qualify as warehouses permitted under the zoning code. In the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, O'Neill, represented by attorney Marc Kaplin, is asking the court to grant preliminary approval and appoint an independent referee to oversee further review.	n.a.
Kriger / Alpesh 'Al' Patel Blakely cancelled September 12, 2025	Kriger / Alpesh 'Al' Patel	Blakely	Developers proposed a data center campus offering up to 1.5GW of capacity on 209 acres in Blakely Borough, requiring power equivalent to the entire output of the nearby Lackawanna Energy Center gas-fired power plant.	n.a.
Little Britain Township data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026	n.a.	Little Britain Township	Little Britain Township, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. 180-day moratorium on data center applications while developing zoning ordinance. The measure runs to 6 December 2026.	n.a.
Loop Road data center campus (Granville Township) under appeal Application returned as incomplete July 2026; appeal hearing set for 1 October 2026, postponed that day to 26 October 2026	PA Data Center Partners (Lewistown Development LLC)	Granville Township Zoning Hearing Board	The township returned the application as incomplete in July 2026 because it lacked a traffic study certification, and the developer appealed. The Zoning Hearing Board set the appeal hearing for 1 October 2026. The Granville Township Zoning Hearing Board postponed the 1 October 2026 hearing on the appeal by PA Data Center Partners (through Lewistown Development LLC) after a large crowd turned out, moving it to 26 October 2026 at the Granville Fire Co. Event Center. The proposed campus is six buildings and 1.54 million sq ft on about 245.5 acres on either side of the Mifflin County Industrial Park.	n.a.
Lycoming County data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026	n.a.	Lycoming County	Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. Curative amendment under PA MPC Section 609.2; county zoning declared invalid for lack of data center standards. 180-day window. Covers 19 municipal partners. Separate from Muncy Township moratorium. The measure runs to 15 December 2026.	n.a.
Mount Carmel Township 180-day data center moratorium moratorium Enacted 3-0 on 18 May 2026; up to 180 days; single outlet	n.a.	Mount Carmel Township Supervisors	Mount Carmel Township supervisors voted 3-0 on Monday 18 May 2026 to enact a moratorium of up to 180 days on data center proposals while they further amend a zoning ordinance to regulate the facilities. More than 100 residents attended and more than 30 had spoken against data centers at a hearing the previous week.	n.a.
Muncy Township data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026	n.a.	Muncy Township	Muncy Township, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. 9-month moratorium on data centers in Lycoming County township; prompted by Danko Holdings/Fishlips LLC proposal for 100-acre, 3-building facility. The measure runs to 1 February 2027.	n.a.
Pennhurst data center denied Denied May 2026	Pennhurst Holdings LLC	East Vincent Township	The East Vincent Township Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected the conditional use application for a 1.9 million sq ft data center with power generation and battery storage on the former Pennhurst State School site. The vote came in May 2026 at the second conditional use hearing. The developer's attorney said the company would appeal to the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, arguing Pennsylvania law requires zoning accommodation for data centers. State Sen. Katie Muth is proposing a data center moratorium.	n.a.
Project Gold data center campus (Clifton and Covington townships) litigation Challenge filed 17 April 2025; settlement vacated 30 January 2026	1778 Rich Pike LLC (property owner JCO LLC)	Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas / Clifton Township Zoning Hearing Board	1778 Rich Pike filed a substantive validity challenge on 17 April 2025 claiming Clifton Township zoning unlawfully excluded data centers, then a procedural challenge on 20 June 2025 to the township's May 2025 data center ordinance. The zoning hearing board unanimously denied the challenge on 19 November 2025 and the developer appealed on 1 December 2025. Supervisors settled on 2 January 2026, but Judge Mark Powell vacated his approval of the settlement on 30 January 2026 after the zoning hearing board objected and Covington Township sought to intervene, letting an amended land use appeal proceed.	n.a.
Project Gravity data center campus (Archbald) litigation Complaint filed 18 September 2026; reported 22 September 2026	Archbald 25 Developer LLC (formerly Western Hospitality Partners, Jermyn LLC); US Gravity Purchaser LLC	Lackawanna County court	The Valley View School District filed suit in county court on Friday 18 September 2026 against Archbald Borough, its council, Archbald 25 Developer LLC and US Gravity Purchaser LLC, arguing Project Gravity is not entitled to proceed under the borough's March 2023 zoning and must meet the November 2025 data center amendment, which limits data centers to four overlay districts that exclude the site. The district cites the campus's proximity to its schools on Columbus Drive and asks the court to rule that the developers have no vested rights under the legacy zoning. The Times-Tribune reported the suit could halt development of the seven data centers.	n.a.
Project Hazelnut (1,300 acres, 15 buildings) moratorium Jul 6 2026; dollar value n.a.	n.a.	Hazle Township	180-day curative-amendment moratorium	n.a.
Salem 3 data center overlay (Salem Township) litigation Ruling 25 August 2026; repeat vote 27 August 2026; third recommendation 24 September 2026; supervisors in October 2026	4-3 Glennbrook Group	Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas and Salem Township Planning Commission	Luzerne County Judge Lesa S. Gelb ruled that the Salem Township Planning Commission violated the Sunshine Act at a July 2026 meeting on a data center zoning overlay for the Salem 3 project, after eight residents sued without a lawyer, and ordered a new meeting. The commission voted 4-0-1 on 27 August 2026 to again recommend the overlay, but that vote was later also found invalid under the judge's written order, and the commission planned a third vote. Township supervisors are expected to take up the overlay in October 2026. On Thursday 24 September 2026 the Planning Commission approved the overlay expansion for the third time, 4-0 with Susan Lynn abstaining as a landowner in the project area. The expansion covers more than 4,000 acres for 4-3 Glennbrook Group's Salem 3 project, which the Times Leader describes as a $1.4 billion data center project. The developer agreed to larger setbacks and a 65-foot maximum height. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to take it up in October 2026.	n.a.
Scranton Materials data center campus (819 Newton Road) under appeal Dismissed 2-1 on 20 January 2026; appeal filed February 2026	Scranton Materials LLC	Ransom Township Board of Supervisors / Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas	Scranton Materials filed a curative amendment in November 2025 to create a data center district on its quarry property. At a 20 January 2026 hearing the supervisors voted 2-1 to dismiss it for lack of testimony and evidence. The company appealed in the week of 16 February 2026, arguing the township must provide for data centers somewhere and that the supervisors acted improperly.	n.a.
Smithfield Township data center moratorium moratorium Enacted May 2026	n.a.	Smithfield Township	Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated May 2026. Curative amendment process pausing data center applications for 180 days; adopted new H-1 Heavy Industrial zoning on Aug 12, completing moratorium early. The measure runs to 2 November 2026.	n.a.
Springhill Township application bar and data center ordinances moratorium Application bar approved 4 September 2026; ordinance vote scheduled 17 September 2026, outcome not yet reported as of 17 September 2026	Nadara	Springhill Township	Springhill Township supervisors approved a resolution on 4 September 2026 prohibiting anyone from applying for a data center or power plant in the township until the next meeting, and tabled two ordinances regulating data centers and fossil fuel power plants to satisfy state notice requirements. The final vote was scheduled for 17 September 2026. As drafted, the ordinances would treat data centers and accompanying power plants as conditional uses in the heavy and light industrial districts, require data centers to sit 200 feet from property lines and 400 feet from occupied homes and power plants 500 feet and 1,500 feet respectively, and cap noise at 55 decibels by day and 45 at night measured at the nearest property line. The township began drafting the ordinances after being approached by Nadara.	n.a.
Stonebridge Associates Powder Mill Works data center (North Beaver and Mahoning townships) denied North Beaver appeal denied on a Thursday, reported 11 September 2026; Mahoning appeal denied on a Tuesday, reported 15 and 17 September 2026	Stonebridge Associates (S.S. Penn LLC)	North Beaver Township and Mahoning Township zoning hearing boards	The North Beaver Township Zoning Hearing Board voted 4-0 and the Mahoning Township Zoning Hearing Board voted 2-0 to deny appeals by Stonebridge Associates affiliate S.S. Penn LLC, which challenged the townships' rejection of its June 2026 preliminary land development applications as incomplete. The rulings mean the project faces the stricter data center ordinances the townships adopted after the filing. A Lawrence County judge ruled against Stonebridge's related lawsuit in July 2026, and that decision is on appeal to Commonwealth Court. The company has 30 days to appeal the zoning board rulings to county court.	n.a.
Sugarloaf Township data center curative amendment appeal (Tomhicken Road, 185 acres) litigation Appeal filed June 2025; LBT withdrew, disclosed 24 September 2026; ruling allowing Sugarloaf Logistics to continue reported 30 September 2026; single outlet	Sugarloaf Industrial and Logistics Holding, L.P. (originally LBT Investment Group LLC)	Sugarloaf Township / Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas	Township supervisors rejected zoning amendments proposed by Chicago-based LBT Investment Group for a six-data-center complex, and LBT appealed to the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in June 2025. In court on Thursday 24 September 2026 attorneys said LBT had backed out, while the landowner and prospective buyer Sugarloaf Logistics continue to seek a curative amendment allowing data centers. In a ruling reported 30 September 2026, Judge Lesa S. Gelb let Sugarloaf Logistics continue as plaintiff and denied intervention by the landowner partnership; the zoning question remains undecided. Supervisors tabled a resolution to write data center rules earlier that week while the case is pending.	n.a.
TECfusions Keystone Connect Building J land development appeal litigation Plan approved 5 August 2026; appeal filed 25 August 2026; moratorium ends 2 November 2026	TECfusions	Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas	Protect PT and two New Kensington residents filed a land use appeal in Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas challenging the Upper Burrell Township supervisors' 5 August 2026 approval of a land development plan for TECfusions' Building J. The plaintiffs argue the developer should first have been required to obtain a special exception from the zoning hearing board. The township's 180-day moratorium on new data center development, adopted in May 2026, did not cover permits already granted for Building J and ends on 2 November 2026. TribLIVE reported the appeal was filed on 25 August 2026 in Westmoreland County Court by Protect PT and Upper Burrell residents Allen Uhler and Guy Fuller, arguing a data center is not an authorized use and TECfusions should have gone to the zoning hearing board.	n.a.
Warrington Township data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026	n.a.	Warrington Township	Warrington Township, Pennsylvania, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. Resolution 2026-09: curative amendment under PA MPC Section 609.2. York County (not Bucks). Administrative pause since Mar 11; formally ratified May 13. The measure runs until a condition is met rather than to a date.	n.a.
West Mahanoy Township 180-day data center and solar farm moratorium moratorium Approved unanimously; reported 15 September 2026; 180 days	n.a.	West Mahanoy Township	West Mahanoy Township supervisors voted unanimously to approve a resolution invoking a six-month moratorium on data centers and solar farms. The township used the curative amendment process to declare its zoning ordinance deficient on those uses. Siana Law was hired as special counsel to draft ordinance updates covering noise, buffers, power sources, and community benefits.	n.a.

Financing

Financing transactions tied to Pennsylvania sites

Transactions the atlas ties to a named site in Pennsylvania: joint ventures, project bonds, credit facilities, leases and power agreements. Amounts are as stated; overlapping commitments are never summed.

Parties	Instrument	Amount	Date	Site	Sources
Amazon + Talen Energy Talen entered a power purchase agreement to provide Amazon with 1,920 megawatts of carbon-free nuclear power through 2042 from the Susquehanna plant in Pennsylvania, at full quantity, with options to extend and exploration of SMR technology. Amazon's quote in the release ties it to the $20B Pennsylvania commitment and 1,250 jobs; Talen owns approximately 10.7 GW of power infrastructure including 2.2 GW of nuclear.	ppa	n.a.	Through 2042, with options to extend	Pennsylvania campuses (Salem Township and Falls Township)

Policy context

What governs a data center in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (statewide)state

Moratoriums in Brookville Borough and Center Township (Jun 2026); a statewide measure proposed. C.4 floors: 480 MW (AWS/Susquehanna, FERC-rejected); dollars n.a.; 3 named; 5 tracked actions.

Pennsylvania's exposure centers on the FERC-rejected Talen-Amazon Susquehanna ISA plus township moratoriums in Hazle (180-day curative amendment, Jul 6, 2026) and Muhlenberg (12-month, Feb 3, 2026).

Pennsylvania (Executive Order 2026-05 and PUC data center proceedings)state

EO 2026-05 signed 18 August 2026 applies to data centers above 25 MW peak demand: bring new power and pay its full cost, firm clean energy of 10% in 2027 rising to 32% by 2035, removal from the PA Permit Fast Track Program, and annual reporting from 1 July 2027. PUC voted 10 September 2026 to open curtailment, cost allocation and ratemaking reviews, with a tentative order on 1 October and a final vote targeted for 28 January 2027

Governor Josh Shapiro's order creates a GRID compliance path giving certified projects rolling-basis DEP review, while non-compliant applicants must obtain all local permits before state review; Shapiro called the standards legally binding. On 10 September 2026 the PUC unanimously directed staff to propose emergency curtailment updates, hold a technical conference on data center cost allocation, and form a ratemaking working group including return on equity. At its public meeting on 1 October 2026 the PUC voted 4-0 to issue a tentative order for comment (Docket No. M-2026-3064961) on how Pennsylvania should implement PJM's proposed Interim Resource Adequacy Service (Tariff Attachment DD-4) and on requiring all electric distribution companies to update their pre-emergency and emergency load control procedures so that data centers are not classified as critical load exempt from curtailment. Chairman Stephen DeFrank said the order carries out the curtailment part of the 10 September motion and that large-load cost allocation will be taken up at a technical conference in November 2026. At the same meeting the PUC approved a $56.16 million Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission reliability project near the Crane Clean Energy Center (Docket No. A-2026-3064369), whose cost goes into the transmission rate base.

Philadelphia (Mayor Parker data center executive order)city

No moratorium; creates a task force of city departments (Planning and Development, Sustainability, Public Health, Water, Licenses and Inspections, Clean and Green) with a report due by 30 June 2027.

Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order on 16 September 2026 creating a Data Center Task Force to study the benefits and harms of data centers, including environmental, energy and economic impacts, and to recommend building requirements, fiscal measures and rules to limit pollution and noise. The order directs the task force to work with state and federal agencies to apply Governor Shapiro's GRID standards. It does not include a moratorium; the No Data Centers in Philly coalition and more than 2,600 petition signers have asked City Council for a temporary ban.

The policy layer for Pennsylvania lives in three companion references: the Pennsylvania Data Center Moratorium Tracker for every state measure and local moratorium on record, the Water Tracker for the water rules that touch a site, and the Grid Operator Watchlist for the large-load rules of the RTO or utility that decides whether it can energize.

Next door

States next door

Ohio

24 sites · $47.3B disclosed

80 blocked, delayed or restricted

New Jersey

4 sites · $1.8B disclosed

61 blocked, delayed or restricted

New York

6 sites · $4.2B disclosed

21 blocked, delayed or restricted

Maryland

1 site

22 blocked, delayed or restricted

West Virginia

4 sites · $12.0B disclosed

3 blocked, delayed or restricted

Delaware

0 sites

5 blocked, delayed or restricted

On the map

Data centers in Pennsylvania

The US Data Center Map identifies 96 facilities run by 42 operators in Pennsylvania, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with this atlas record beside it.

Pennsylvania data centers

96 facilities · 42 operators

Map, locations, operators, rules

Pennsylvania power and local economy

Generation, utilities and county records

Explore the power supply chain and local conditions behind the build-out

US Data Center Map

Every state, one page each

The national map and the operator directory

Sources

Sources for Pennsylvania

Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.

pa.govPennsylvania Governor's Office
ir.talenenergy.comTalen Energy IR
fox43.comFOX43
govtech.comGovTech
witf.orgWITF
finance.yahoo.comYahoo Finance (GlobeNewswire)
pennbizreport.comPennsylvania Business Report
yahoo.comlehighvalleylive via Yahoo (29 September 2026)
yahoo.comlehighvalleylive via Yahoo (26 August 2026)
wfmz.comWFMZ
msn.comPennLive via MSN
witf.orgWITF
msn.comWJET/WFXP (via MSN)
nebius.comNebius
yahoo.comRepublican Herald via Yahoo News
publicsource.orgPittsburgh's Public Source, 5 October 2026
finanznachrichten.deFinanzNachrichten.de (company release)
sec.govSEC EDGAR (Keel Infrastructure 10-Q)
sec.govSEC EDGAR (Keel Q2 2026 press release, Ex. 99.1)
indianagazette.comIndiana Gazette
wccsradio.comWCCS
datacenterdynamics.comDCD
standardspeaker.comStandard-Speaker
fox56.comFOX56 (WOLF), 30 September 2026
butlereagle.comButler Eagle, 18 September 2026
butlereagle.comButler Eagle, 23 September 2026
msn.comWPXI via MSN, 23 September 2026
marcellusdrilling.comMarcellus Drilling News (headline; article paywalled), 23 September 2026
butlerradio.comButler Radio, 2 October 2026
observer-reporter.comObserver-Reporter
timesleader.comTimes Leader
timesleader.comTimes Leader
timesleader.comTimes Leader
timesleader.comTimes Leader, 24 September 2026
yahoo.comABC27 via Yahoo News
cumberlink.comThe Sentinel (Carlisle)
pennlive.comPennLive
fox43.comFOX43
cumberlink.comThe Sentinel (Carlisle)
pennlive.comPennLive
abc27.comABC27 (WHTM) via MSN
montco.todaymontco.today
change.orgchange.org
patch.compatch.com
morethanthecurve.commorethanthecurve.com
timesherald.comtimesherald.com
morethanthecurve.commorethanthecurve.com
inquirer.cominquirer.com
insideclimatenews.orginsideclimatenews.org
datacenterdynamics.comdatacenterdynamics.com
inquirer.cominquirer.com
savepennsylvania.comsavepennsylvania.com
whyy.orgwhyy.org
change.orgchange.org
datacenterdynamics.comdatacenterdynamics.com
desmog.comdesmog.com
spotlightpa.orgspotlightpa.org
lebtown.comLebTown (13 May 2026)
utilitydive.comUtility Dive
enr.comENR
spglobal.comS&P Global
reuters.comReuters
msn.comLehighValleyLive via MSN
wfmz.comWFMZ
wfmz.comWFMZ
allentownpa.legistar.comallentownpa.legistar.com
citizensvoice.comCitizens' Voice
yahoo.comTimes Leader via Yahoo News
fox56.comFOX56 (WOLF)
explorejeffersonpa.comexplorejeffersonpa.com
butlereagle.combutlereagle.com
fox56.comfox56.com
butlereagle.combutlereagle.com
wnep.comWNEP
wvia.orgWVIA
radiocatskill.orgRadio Catskill
yahoo.com6abc via Yahoo News (18 November 2025)
pottsmerc.comThe Mercury
sungazette.comWilliamsport Sun-Gazette
northcentralpa.comNorthcentralPA.com
sungazette.comWilliamsport Sun-Gazette
pennlive.comPennLive (headline only; page requires JavaScript)
whp580.iheart.comWHP 580
thetimes-tribune.comThe Times-Tribune
foodandwaterwatch.orgfoodandwaterwatch.org
inquirer.comThe Philadelphia Inquirer
northcentralpa.comSource
citizensvoice.comThe Citizens' Voice (2 March 2026)
6abc.com6abc
6abc.com6abc
inquirer.comPhiladelphia Inquirer
montco.todayMONTCO.Today
thetimes-tribune.comthetimes-tribune.com
thetimes-tribune.comthetimes-tribune.com
thetimes-tribune.comthetimes-tribune.com
wnep.comwnep.com
datacenterdynamics.comdatacenterdynamics.com
thetimes-tribune.comthetimes-tribune.com
change.orgchange.org
thetimes-tribune.comthetimes-tribune.com
datacenterdynamics.comdatacenterdynamics.com
bayjournal.combayjournal.com
lancasteronline.comlancasteronline.com
yahoo.comABC27 via Yahoo News
granvilletwp.orgGranville Township
abc27.comABC27 (WHTM), 4 October 2026
abc27.comABC27 (WHTM)
sungazette.comsungazette.com
newsitem.comThe News-Item
sungazette.comsungazette.com
inquirer.comPhiladelphia Inquirer
wfmz.comWFMZ
thetimes-tribune.comThe Times-Tribune (3 February 2026)
yahoo.comScranton Times-Tribune via Yahoo News
interconnectedcapital.comInterconnected Capital
timesleader.comTimes Leader (ruling)
yahoo.comThe Center Square via Yahoo News
thetimes-tribune.comThe Times-Tribune (27 February 2026)
smithfieldtownship.comsmithfieldtownship.com
heraldstandard.comHerald-Standard
observer-reporter.comObserver-Reporter
ncnewsonline.comNew Castle News (North Beaver)
ncnewsonline.comNew Castle News (Mahoning)
citizensvoice.comThe Citizens' Voice
citizensvoice.comThe Citizens' Voice
publicsource.orgPublicSource
triblive.comTribLIVE
warringtontwp.orgwarringtontwp.org
shensentinel.comThe Shenandoah Sentinel
dimetrics.aiDimetrics Pennsylvania
utilitydive.comUtility Dive
powermag.comPOWER Magazine
utilitydive.comUtility Dive
dailyenergyinsider.comDaily Energy Insider hearing summary, PUC public meeting of 1 October 2026
rtoinsider.comRTO Insider, 1 October 2026
whyy.orgWHYY
metrophiladelphia.comMetro Philadelphia

Every state, one page each

Alabama 9 / 21 Alaska 1 / 1 Arizona 11 / 11 Arkansas 2 / 8 California 10 / 35 Colorado 6 / 21 Connecticut 0 / 6 Delaware 0 / 5 Florida 0 / 46 Georgia 23 / 57 Hawaii 0 / 0 Idaho 2 / 2 Illinois 10 / 35 Indiana 14 / 44 Iowa 3 / 22 Kansas 5 / 19 Kentucky 6 / 26 Louisiana 7 / 3 Maine 0 / 20 Maryland 1 / 22 Massachusetts 0 / 11 Michigan 4 / 55 Minnesota 3 / 31 Mississippi 7 / 5 Missouri 10 / 25 Montana 1 / 10 Nebraska 3 / 16 Nevada 8 / 12 New Hampshire 0 / 5 New Jersey 4 / 61 New Mexico 3 / 10 New York 6 / 21 North Carolina 10 / 45 North Dakota 6 / 4 Ohio 24 / 80 Oklahoma 11 / 20 Oregon 1 / 8 Pennsylvania 16 / 42 Rhode Island 0 / 5 South Carolina 6 / 20 South Dakota 1 / 6 Tennessee 6 / 26 Texas 106 / 35 Utah 11 / 12 Vermont 0 / 3 Virginia 33 / 50 Washington 9 / 22 Washington, DC 0 / 0 West Virginia 4 / 3 Wisconsin 4 / 45 Wyoming 11 / 5

Figures beside each state are named sites and blocked, delayed or restricted projects.

Part of the North American Data Center Capital Atlas, refreshed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Announced commitments overlap one another and overlap reported capital expenditure, so this page shows disclosed floors and never adds them into a single deployment figure. Informational, not investment or legal advice.

The SAVRN reference set

Seven references, one system

Capital, delay, policy, water, grid, permits and scarcity are one system seen from seven sides. Each reference is primary-sourced, refreshed on a schedule, and links into the others, so a project can be followed from the money committed to the docket that stopped it.

Delay Watchlist

Project-level slippage: named projects, jurisdictional actions, utility and federal dockets, SEC disclosures, and the interconnection queue.

Open the watchlist →

Moratorium Tracker

The policy layer: every state measure and local moratorium mapped and cited, with one page per state.

Open the tracker →

Water Tracker

Every federal, state, local and interstate water measure that touches a data center, plus a fifty-state water ledger.

Open the water tracker →

Grid Operator Watchlist

ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE and FERC: the large-load rules, filings and queue positions that decide whether a site can energize.

Open the watchlist →

Permits and Power Development

Data center and substation permits, large loads in the interconnection queues, and the power plants planned to serve them, refreshed hourly from public records.

Open the permits tracker →

SAVRN Scarcity Tracker

Eleven primary-sourced indicators of AI infrastructure scarcity, one composite index, read against the token index, SAVRN's own cost basis and the frontier ceiling.

Open the scarcity tracker →

Have a specific address? Site Intelligence reads all seven references against one location, county, utility and grid operator included, and cites every finding.

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