# Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Hampden Township, Upper Allen Township and Carlisle Cumberland County sits inside the data center build-out. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Cumberland County. Cumberland County is home to Hampden Township, Upper Allen Township, Carlisle and Silver Spring Township. Construction employs 5,192, up 11.3% since 2019. 39 MW has retired here since 2019, including TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC West Shore (petroleum, 37 MW, 2022). 4 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly petroleum. 1 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map 39 MW of generating capacity retired since 2019 +2.6% electrical contractor jobs since 2019, now 518 ## Cities and towns in Cumberland County Cumberland County is home to Hampden Township, Upper Allen Township, Carlisle and Silver Spring Township. Hampden Township35,401 residents Upper Allen Township24,700 residents Carlisle22,693 residents Silver Spring Township21,670 residents East Pennsboro Township21,658 residents Lower Allen Township21,254 residents South Middleton Township17,792 residents North Middleton Township13,031 residents Mechanicsburg10,037 residents Southampton Township8,523 residents Camp Hill8,199 residents Middlesex Township7,636 residents New Cumberland7,590 residents Monroe Township6,748 residents West Pennsboro Township5,699 residents Dickinson Township5,519 residents Lemoyne4,801 residents Shippensburg4,434 residents · 79% of the city Shippensburg Township4,343 residents Wormleysburg3,078 residents Penn Township2,937 residents North Newton Township2,600 residents Hopewell Township2,559 residents Upper Frankford Township2,309 residents And 9 smaller places. - Shippensburg also extends into [Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/franklin-county). Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Boiling Springs, Carlisle Barracks, Enola, Lower Allen, Messiah College, New Kingstown, Plainfield, Schlusser, Shippensburg University, West Fairview. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Cumberland County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Pennsylvania | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 260,251 | 277,270 | ▲ 6.5% | 15th of 67 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 136,449 | 137,858 | ▲ 1.0% | 22nd of 67 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $52,629 | $65,962 | ▲ 25.3% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 4,666 | 5,192 | ▲ 11.3% | 18th of 62 by growth | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 505 | 518 | ▲ 2.6% | — | | Electric utility jobs (2019 → 2025) | 90 | 91 | ▲ 1.1% | — | | Data processing and hosting jobs (2019 → 2025) | 280 | 227 | ▼ 18.9% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.3% | 3.3% | ● 0.0pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 4 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 39 MW | | — | Electrical contractors employ 518, up 2.6% since 2019 against up 5.3% statewide, at an average $71,942 a year. Its power plants have 74 MW of capacity, 79% of it petroleum. FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co is the largest utility serving Cumberland County, one of 3 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 17.37¢/kWh in 2024, above the 16.30¢ median for Pennsylvania utilities. Employers here counted 137,858 jobs in 2025, up 1.0% from 2019. 277,270 people live here, up 6.5% since 2020. Unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, against 3.3% in 2019. ## Who powers Cumberland County ### Utilities with service territory in Cumberland County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 1,802,612 | 17.37¢ | 16% | | PPL Electric Utilities Corp | Investor Owned | Bundled | 1,295,883 | 16.99¢ | 19% | | Adams Electric Cooperative Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 32,231 | 14.42¢ | 15% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Petroleum | 59 MW | 79% | | Solar | 9 MW | 12% | | Other technologies | 6 MW | 9% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Mountain | Mountain Power, LLC | Petroleum | 54 MW | 1972 | | Cumberland County PA LFG Recovery | NextEra Renewable Fuels, LLC | Other technologies | 6 MW | 2009 | | Vitro Architectural Glass (PA) | Vitro Architectural Glass (PA) | Petroleum | 5 MW | 1996 | | Dickinson Solar | Madison Energy Investments LLC | Solar | 3 MW | 2016 | | Knouse Solar Project 1 | Knouse Food Cooperative Inc | Solar | 3 MW | 2010 | | Hampden CSG 1 LLC | Dimension Energy LLC | Solar | 2 MW | 2026 | ### Retired since 2019 | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC West Shore | Petroleum | 37 MW | 2022 | | Vitro Architectural Glass (PA) | Petroleum | 2 MW | 2021 | ## The Cumberland County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 137,858 | $65,962 | 1.00 | | Construction | 5,192 | $77,824 | 0.71 | | Electrical contractors | 518 | $71,942 | 0.52 | | Electric utilities | 91 | $129,780 | 0.24 | | Data processing and hosting | 227 | $110,200 | 0.53 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Cumberland County 1 data center in Cumberland County is on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ## Cumberland County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Cumberland County, York County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Cumberland County | 277,270 | ▲ 1.0% | 74 MW | — | 1 | — | | Adams County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/adams-county) | 107,594 | ▼ 5.4% | 1,088 MW | — | — | — | | Dauphin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/dauphin-county) | 293,351 | ▲ 2.0% | 1,018 MW | 2 MW | 2 | — | | Franklin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/franklin-county) | 160,652 | ▲ 2.4% | 518 MW | 40 MW | — | — | | Perry County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/perry-county) | 46,806 | ▲ 5.1% | 2 MW | — | — | — | | York County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/york-county) | 473,197 | ▲ 1.3% | 6,218 MW | 157 MW | 1 | — | ## More of Pennsylvania [All Pennsylvania countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania)[York County473,197 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/york-county)[Dauphin County293,351 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/dauphin-county)[Franklin County160,652 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/franklin-county)[Adams County107,594 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/adams-county)[Perry County46,806 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/perry-county) ## Cumberland County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania? 3 utilities have service territory in Cumberland County in the EIA-861 2024 report: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, PPL Electric Utilities Corp, Adams Electric Cooperative Inc. The largest, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co, charged residential customers 17.37¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Hampden Township, PA in? Hampden Township is in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. About 35,401 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Upper Allen Township, PA in? Upper Allen Township is in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. About 24,700 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Carlisle, PA in? Carlisle is in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. About 22,693 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Cumberland County? 7 operating plants with 74 MW of capacity. The largest is Mountain (54 MW, petroleum). ### Are there data centers in Cumberland County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Cumberland County. ### Is Cumberland County adding jobs? Employers counted 137,858 jobs in 2025 against 136,449 in 2019 (+1.0%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 4,666 to 5,192. ### Does Cumberland County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Cumberland County. Pennsylvania has 36 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/pennsylvania/cumberland-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).