Homer City Energy Campus
Homer City Redevelopment · Homer City, PA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 40.5383, -79.1542
- Serving utility, source-reported
- PJM (via FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric)
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- 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
- Under construction
Ground broken; ~1,200 workers on-site as of 2026; first vertical steel beams raised; GE Vernova turbine deliveries beginning 2026; power targeted 2027
Underlying source - Proposed
Announced as conversion of former Homer City coal plant (retired 2023); $10B project; 3,200 acres; $5M PA state grant; environmental permit challenged by groups
Underlying source
Source notes
EPC contractor: Kiewit. The 4.5 GW figure describes the on-site power plant, not the data center's IT load, which, as of October 2026, the developers have not disclosed. Utility Dive (April 2025) reports, citing the developers, a "$10 billion" cost for the generating project.
Redevelopment of the former Homer City coal plant (Pennsylvania's largest, demolished 2023–25) into what developers call the largest US natural-gas plant powering an on-site AI data-center campus — seven GE Vernova 7HA.02 turbines; GE Vernova's release says the facility will generate "up to 4.5 GW" and the developer's project overview says "up to 4.4 gigawatts" (ceilings; no firm figure is recorded). EQT is to supply Marcellus gas; first power is targeted for 2027. PA DEP issued the air-quality plan approval on Nov 20, 2025. Developers describe the redevelopment site as spanning more than 3,200 acres.
Sources and provenance
- In Western Pennsylvania, a former coal town gets a gas-fired data center — The Allegheny Front · source retrieved 2026-08-16
- Homer City power plant to boost grid as data-center demand rises — Axios Pittsburgh · source retrieved 2026-07-05
- Homer City Redevelopment and Kiewit announce country's largest natural-gas-powered data-center campus — GE Vernova · source retrieved 2026-08-02
- Homer City Generation Site Redevelopment — Pennsylvania DEP · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Largest US gas-fired power plant planned for data centers in Pennsylvania — Utility Dive · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- New power plants for data centers would worsen pollution — Spotlight PA · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Homer City Redevelopment and Kiewit Announce Country's Largest Natural Gas-Powered Data Center Campus · source retrieved 2026-08-02
- Homer City and Kiewit unveil plans for 4.5GW natural gas powered AI data center in Pennsylvania · source retrieved 2026-08-02
- Project Overview - Homer City Redevelopment · 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.