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Reported geography
Source-reported location for AWS Cumulus Data Center Campus, Salem Township.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Amazon Web Services
- Address and locality
- 1125 Electron Avenue · Salem Township · Luzerne County · Pennsylvania
- Official metro area
- Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Operational: 48 MW; Planned: 960 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 12 September 2026
- Location precision
- exact (provider label)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000137
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.
- Electric utility
- Talen Energy
- Power source
- Nuclear
- Cooling
- Evaporative
- Reported water use
- 0.06 million gallons per day (source-reported)
- Land area
- 1,200 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced jobs
- 1,000 permanent
- Community response
- Provider label: mixed
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- July 2021
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Pennsylvania Computer Data Center Equipment sales-and-use tax exemption (Amazon approved) · Pennsylvania · 2025 Open cited source →
- Pennsylvania targeted workforce-development investment tied to the Amazon data-center deal (statewide; covers both PA Amazon campuses) · Pennsylvania · 2025 · $10 million (as stated) Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. 10-year PPA from adjacent 2.5GW Susquehanna nuclear plant; 2025 expanded agreement for up to 1,920MW by 2032. AWS acquired Talen's Cumulus campus for $650M (acquisition price; full campus buildout cost separate).
Water. 0.060 MGD (30-day average) per Amazon's SRBC consumptive-use application, covering evaporative cooling for Buildings 2 and 3 of the initial phase (Building 1 has no consumptive use); water is drawn from an on-site production well, not the Susquehanna River directly. Full 960 MW build-out demand is not stated in the application.
Community. Local sentiment is divided per Salem Township officials. The township signed nondisclosure agreements with data-center developers, drawing transparency criticism from a state legislator, and there has been significant residential turnover near the site (homes bought out). No organized litigation specific to this campus was identified.
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- Announced investment: The source energy note identifies the amount as an acquisition price and says the full campus buildout cost is separate.
What the source record says
Adjacent to the 2.5GW Susquehanna Steam Electric Station. FERC blocked a proposed colocation agreement in April 2025, leading to the PPA structure instead. TeraWulf operates a separate Nautilus cryptomining facility (Nautilus) on the same property not included in this record.
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
- 2021-07 · source-reported proposed
Talen Energy announces Cumulus Data Center campus with AWS as anchor tenant adjacent to Susquehanna Steam Electric Station
- 2023-01 · source-reported under construction
First 48MW hyperscale building (300,000 sq ft) completed by Talen
- 2024-03 · source-reported under construction
AWS acquires full 960MW campus from Talen Energy for $650M; phased 120MW-increment buildout to continue through 960MW or optionally capped at 480MW
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- AWS Acquires Talen's Nuclear Data Center Campus in Pennsylvania · Data Center Dynamics
- Talen Energy Expands Nuclear Energy Relationship with Amazon · Talen Energy Investor Relations
- SRBC Consumptive Use Application No. 2024-056 (Amazon Cumulus) — public comment reproducing Amazon's application · Susquehanna River Basin Commission / Three Mile Island Alert
- Amazon approved for tax break to build Pennsylvania data centers · Technical.ly
- Big money, enforced silence play roles in Pennsylvania's data-center push · The Center Square (via Black Chronicle)
- Amazon's Susquehanna Data Center Campus: A 1.92 GW Nuclear Bet in Pennsylvania · Measured AI
- Developers tout impacts of 3 data center campuses; Zoning meeting set for Wednesday on 4-3 Glenbrook Group project · Times Leader
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID aws-cumulus-salem-township-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-000137
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): confirmed
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- 1125 Electron Avenue, Salem Township, PA · Luzerne (Exact location)
Roles
- Operator: Amazon Web Services
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: July 2021
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2021-07 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2023-01 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2024-03 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 1,200 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Operational: 48 MW; Planned: 960 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.
- Electric utility: Talen Energy
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Nuclear
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Evaporative
Provider label.
- Reported water use: 0.06 million gallons per day (source-reported)
Whether this is metered use, a permit limit or a request is not established; see the provider water note.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced jobs: 1,000 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: mixed
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Pennsylvania Computer Data Center Equipment sales-and-use tax exemption (Amazon approved) · Pennsylvania · 2025
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Incentive reported by the source: Pennsylvania targeted workforce-development investment tied to the Amazon data-center deal (statewide; covers both PA Amazon campuses) · Pennsylvania · 2025 · $10 million (as stated)
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-12
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: 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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