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AWS Cumulus Data Center Campus, Salem Township

Amazon Web ServicesSalem Township, Luzerne County, PAUpdated

Amazon Web Services is building a 960 MW data center in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.

Capacity
960 MW
Investment
$650M
Site
1,200 acres
Reported jobs
1,000
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Who's on this build

Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.

Timeline

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.

  1. Today

    Under construction

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  2. ~4 yr ago

    Construction start

  3. ~5 yr ago

    Announced

Reported updates without an event date

Record quality

Datasets
1
Location
Site footprint confirmed
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

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Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
Amazon Web ServicesOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa
Stage
Under constructionStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa
Facility type
AI data centerFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272

Scale

Reported capacity
960 MWReported capacity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa
Reported investment
$650MReported investment · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272
Site area
1,200 acresSite area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272
Reported jobs
1,000Reported jobs · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272

Reported dates

Announced
2021-07Announced · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa
Construction start reported
2023-01Construction start reported · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa

Site

City
Salem TownshipCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa
County
LuzerneCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa
State
PennsylvaniaState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa
Location precision
Site footprint confirmedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272

Power and cooling

Utility
Talen EnergyUtility · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272
Power source
NuclearPower source · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272
Cooling
EvaporativeCooling · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272
AI workload
Confirmed AI or machine-learning workloadAI workload · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa

Permits and public records

Incentives reported
Pennsylvania Computer Data Center Equipment sales-and-use tax exemption (Amazon approved) (Pennsylvania); Pennsylvania targeted workforce-development investment tied to the Amazon data-center deal (statewide; covers both PA Amazon campuses) (Pennsylvania) $10,000,000Incentives reported · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 145280496748272

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasAWS Cumulus Data Center Campus, Salem TownshipUnder construction960 MW

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 12, 2026 · Record: aws-cumulus-salem-township-pa
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. CA
  5. CA
  6. CA
  7. CA
  8. CA
  9. KW

Limitations and interpretation

  • This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
  • Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
  • An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
  • Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

Cite or correct this record

Kapwork Grow, “AWS Cumulus Data Center Campus, Salem Township”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-cumulus-data-center-campus-salem-township-pa-dc_8421c066c6f0, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.

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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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