PAX — Pennsylvania Digital I
PowerHouse Data Centers is building a 1350 MW data center in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (under construction). 3 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1350 MW
- Investment
- $15B
- Site
- 700 acres
- Expected completion
- Jun 7, 2032 (2032-06-07)
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other PowerHouse Data Centers builds
Operator
PowerHouse Data Centers
Utility
PPL Electric Utilities
Schedule
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- in ~6 yr
Expected completionPlanned
- in ~6 yr
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 10 mo ago
Construction start
- 10 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- 14 mo ago
Announced
- 14 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 3, figures differ
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryPA DEP Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- PowerHouse Data Centers
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1350 MW
- Reported investment
- $15B
- Site area
- 700 acres
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025-07-15Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
- Construction start reported
- 2025-11-28Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
- Expected completion
- 2032-06-07Planned date — not evidence that work occurred.
Site
- City
- Carlisle
- County
- Cumberland
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- PPL Electric Utilities
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Evaporative
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Pennsylvania DEP review
- Permit applications under DEP review
- Pennsylvania DEP permits on file
- 21
- Incentives reported
- Sales Tax Exemption
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | PAX — Pennsylvania Digital I | Under construction | 1350 MW |
| Server Country | Pennsylvania Digital I (PAX) | Under construction | 1350 MW |
| Pennsylvania DEP | Pennsylvania Digital 1 (PAX-1) (Pennsylvania Data Center Partners) | Proposed | Not reported |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 2, 2026 · Record: powerhouse-pax-carlisle-pa
- CAGlobeNewswire (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAPowerHouse Data Centers (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 8, 2026
- CACommon Dreams (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 8, 2026
- CAGovernment Technology (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 8, 2026
- CAProtect Cumberland County PA (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 8, 2026
- CAGlobeNewswire (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 2, 2026
- CAConstruction Review Online (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 2, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0425
- PA DEPPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of: Sep 3, 2026 · Record: 10000011
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 15654650285799
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) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0) · Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Data Center Permit Tracker (state government data). 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, “PAX — Pennsylvania Digital I”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/pax-pennsylvania-digital-i-pa-dc_0e3ce1de8ee7, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
Report an error in this record and we will check it against the cited sources.
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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