Springdale Data Center (former Cheswick Generating Station)
Allegheny DC Property Co., LLC · Springdale, PA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- PermittedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 40.5425, -79.7844
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 180 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-30
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Conditional use application presented to Springdale planning commission; recommendation delayed to gather studies and resident comment.
Underlying source - 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 its status past proposed.
Underlying source
Source notes
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.
Sources and provenance
- Coal plant to data center: Allegheny County community voices concern · source retrieved 2026-08-17
- From coal plant to data center: An Allegheny County community voices concern · source retrieved 2026-08-17
- Pennsylvania data center plans face delays as officials review former power station project · source retrieved 2026-08-17
- Springdale data center gets green light · source retrieved 2026-09-12
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.