Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus
Cornell Realty Management has proposed a 1600 MW data center in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (proposed). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1600 MW
- Investment
- $2.1B
- Building area
- 2 sq ft
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
Operator
Cornell Realty Management
Utility
PPL Electric
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Proposed
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- ~2 yr ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2025-01.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, all agree
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Cornell Realty Management
- Stage
- Proposed
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1600 MW
- Reported investment
- $2.1B
- Reported building area
- 2 sq ft
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025-01
Site
- City
- Archbald
- County
- Lackawanna
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- PPL Electric
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus | Proposed | 1600 MW |
| Server Country | Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus | Proposed | 1600 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Jul 23, 2026 · Record: wildcat-ridge-archbald-lackawanna-county-pa
- CADeSmog (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 9, 2026
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 9, 2026
- CAOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 23, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0812
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 163143502388099
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). 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, “Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/wildcat-ridge-ai-data-center-campus-pa-dc_9460ce81db83, 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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