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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Springdale Data Center (former Cheswick Generating Station).
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Allegheny DC Property Co., LLC
- Address and locality
- Springdale · Allegheny County · Pennsylvania
- Official metro area
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Source-reported status
- permitted
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 180 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 12 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000055
The underlying provider record is retained. These notes add source-attributed context and flag conflicts; any withheld value is explained separately. They do not certify current operation.
- status history (provider entry dated 2026-09-12): This provider entry is dated 2026-09-12 (the provider's research date). Its own note and the cited report place the council vote on 2025-12-16.
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Land area
- 47 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
- Announced
- September 2025
Provider notes
Community. Residents raised noise, air quality, water use and grid-reliability concerns at planning commission and council hearings; a Change.org petition against the project gathered more than 300 signatures.
What the source record says
A 565,000 sq ft data center building plus a 200,000 sq ft cooling and facility-management building on the 47-acre former Cheswick Generating Station site in Springdale Borough. Allegheny DC Property Co., LLC is owned by investment firm Davidson Kempner. The proposal states the facility would be used largely for AI development.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025-09 · source-reported proposed
Conditional use application presented to Springdale planning commission; recommendation delayed to gather studies and resident comment.
- 2026-09-12 · source-reported permitted
Springdale Borough Council voted 5-2 on December 16, 2025 to grant Allegheny DC Property Company a conditional use permit for the data center at the former Cheswick Generating Station, moving it past 'proposed'.
Sources and attribution
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- Coal plant to data center: Allegheny County community voices concern · 90.5 WESA
- From coal plant to data center: An Allegheny County community voices concern · The Allegheny Front
- Pennsylvania data center plans face delays as officials review former power station project · BlackRidge Research
- Springdale data center gets green light · The Allegheny Front
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID allegheny-dc-springdale-cheswick-pa. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000055
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Springdale, PA · Allegheny (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Allegheny DC Property Co., LLC
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported permitted
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: September 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025-09 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-09-12 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 47 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 180 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-12
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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