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Project Gravity

Archbald 25 Developer LLCArchbald, Lackawanna County, PAUpdated

Archbald 25 Developer LLC has proposed a 186 MW data center in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (proposed). 3 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.

Capacity
186 MW
Investment
$5B
Building area
2 sq ft
Site
186 acres
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Who's on this build

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

  • Operator

    Archbald 25 Developer LLC

  • Utility

    PPL Electric

Timeline

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

  1. Today

    Proposed

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  2. 11 mo ago

    Announced

  3. 11 mo ago

    Reported as announced

    Event date: · First observed: Not reported

Reported updates without an event date

Record quality

Datasets
3, figures differ
Location
Site footprint confirmed
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

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Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryPA DEP Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
Archbald 25 Developer LLCOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 26, 2026 · Record: project-gravity-archbald-lackawanna-county-paOperator · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0811Operator · Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of Nov 3, 2025 · Record: 10000003
Stage
ProposedStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 26, 2026 · Record: project-gravity-archbald-lackawanna-county-paStage · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0811Stage · Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of Nov 3, 2025 · Record: 10000003
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: 224967056156828

Scale

Reported capacity
186 MWReported capacity · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0811
Reported investment
$5BReported investment · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 224967056156828
Reported building area
2 sq ftReported building area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 224967056156828
Site area
186 acresSite area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 224967056156828

Reported dates

Announced
2025-10-24Announced · Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of Nov 3, 2025 · Record: 10000003Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.

Site

City
ArchbaldCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 26, 2026 · Record: project-gravity-archbald-lackawanna-county-paCity · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0811City · Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of Nov 3, 2025 · Record: 10000003
County
LackawannaCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 26, 2026 · Record: project-gravity-archbald-lackawanna-county-paCounty · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0811County · Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of Nov 3, 2025 · Record: 10000003
State
PennsylvaniaState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 26, 2026 · Record: project-gravity-archbald-lackawanna-county-paState · Server CountryServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0811State · Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of Nov 3, 2025 · Record: 10000003
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: 224967056156828

Power and cooling

Utility
PPL ElectricUtility · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 224967056156828
AI workload
Likely AI or machine-learning workloadAI workload · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 26, 2026 · Record: project-gravity-archbald-lackawanna-county-pa

Permits and public records

Pennsylvania DEP review
Permit applications under DEP reviewPennsylvania DEP review · Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of Nov 3, 2025 · Record: 10000003
Pennsylvania DEP permits on file
5Pennsylvania DEP permits on file · Pennsylvania DEP permit trackerPennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)As of Nov 3, 2025 · Record: 10000003

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasProject GravityProposedNot reported
Server CountryProject GravityProposed186 MW
Pennsylvania DEPProject Gravity (Archbald 25 Developer LLC)ProposedNot reported

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Jul 26, 2026 · Record: project-gravity-archbald-lackawanna-county-pa
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. CA
  5. CA
  6. SC
    Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0811
  7. PA DEP
  8. 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) · 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, “Project Gravity”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-gravity-pa-dc_cc9b3977e89c, 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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