Data Center View - August 6, 2025 - PowerHouse and PA Data Center Partners plan $15B hub

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DEVELOPMENT: PowerHouse and PA Data Center Partners plan $15 billion hub. PowerHouse Data Centers and Pennsylvania Data Center Partners have unveiled plans for a $15 billion AI-focused data center development in Central Pennsylvania, marking their first joint venture. The project—named Pennsylvania Digital I (PAX)—will include three hyperscale campuses totaling 1.35 GW, expandable to 1.8 GW. Set on a 700-acre site in Carlisle, the master plan calls for six buildings per campus, each supported by a dedicated 450 MW substation and access to 17 metro fiber providers, including direct peering with Ashburn, VA. Power delivery will begin with 300 MW by Q2 2027, and the project is backed by Pennsylvania’s 15-year data center tax exemption. The development is expected to generate $65M+ in tax revenue and create hundreds of skilled jobs across construction, engineering, and project management. CEO Igal Feibush of PA Data Center Partners and Doug Fleit of PowerHouse emphasized the project's strategic location and scalable design.

DEVELOPMENT: CoreWeave to invest $6 billion in Pennsylvania data center. CoreWeave has announced plans to invest up to $6 billion in building a purpose-built AI data center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The facility will launch with 100MW of IT capacity, scalable up to 300MW, and CoreWeave will be the sole tenant of the site. The project is being co-developed by Chirisa Technology Parks and Machine Investment Group. During construction, it will create around 600 skilled jobs, with 70 full-time roles expected at launch, growing to 175 as operations scale. The exact building footprint hasn’t been confirmed, but it is likely tied to two properties purchased in February 2025 by Machine Investment Group:

• 216 Greenfield Road (78 acres, 1.1 million sq. ft.)

• 1375 Harrisburg Pike (66 acres, 825,000 sq. ft.)

These sites total over 2 million square feet across 144 acres and were previously announced as locations to be redeveloped for AI and cloud computing use. Michael Intrator, CoreWeave’s co-founder, chairman, and CEO, said the project will “accelerate innovation and drive economic growth.”

DEVELOPLEMT: Vantage Data Centers to invest nearly $3 billion in Nevada campus. Vantage Data Centers has announced its entry into the Nevada market with plans for a 224MW hyperscale campus (NV1) in Storey County, just outside Reno. The company will invest nearly $3 billion into the project, which will span 137 acres and eventually house four multi-story data centers totaling over 1 million square feet. This marks Vantage’s eighth North American market and its first in Nevada, joining the likes of Google, Apple, and Microsoft in the growing Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. The campus is purpose-built for AI workloads, offering 360W to 720W+ per square foot density and the flexibility to handle both air-cooled compute and liquid-cooled GPU loads. It will feature N+1 electrical and N+2 mechanical redundancy for reliability. The first two data centers are already fully leased, with the first building scheduled to open in Q2 2026. At full capacity, the campus will employ over 1,200 people during construction and operations. Dana Adams, President of North America at Vantage, said the move positions the company to meet surging demand for AI infrastructure while creating long-term jobs and tax revenue for Nevada.

ENERGY: Google signs energy deal with Brookfield. Google has signed a first-of-its-kind Hydro Framework Agreement (HFA) with Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Renewable to secure up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of carbon-free hydroelectric power across the United States. The agreement will see existing hydro plants relicensed, overhauled, or upgraded to extend their lifespan and contribute more clean power to the grid. The broader initiative is part of Google’s $25 billion investment into infrastructure across the PJM region, as the company aims to decarbonize its energy use and support its AI-driven digital expansion. Amanda Peterson Corio, Google’s head of data center energy, emphasized the strategic value of hydropower as “dependable, homegrown, carbon-free electricity” that strengthens the grid while creating jobs. Connor Teskey, president of Brookfield Asset Management, called the deal a model for how hydropower can help hyperscale tech companies meet their clean energy goals amid rising demand from digitalization and AI.

READ: Data center bandwidth soars 330%, driven by AI demand.

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