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Chester County, Pennsylvania

Chester County, Pennsylvania has 300 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 64.6 MW of generation operating inside the county. Nothing is in the interconnection queue for the county. That is 1.6% of Pennsylvania's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
300MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
1.6%
of Pennsylvania's data center MW
64.6MW
operating generation, 10 projects
0MW
planned generation, 0 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Chester County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 4 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Lancaster 390 MW Chester 300 MW Delaware no data centers Berks 0 MW Montgomery 23 MW
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
4.6times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Chester County's own plants cover 21.5% of the load on record, and nothing is in the queue.

Data centers, planned to operating300 MW
Operating generation64.6 MW
Planned generation0 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 300 MW

Planned300 MW1 record, 100%
Who owns each of the 1 records?Campus names, developers and contacts are for members.See what members get

The data center pipeline

None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Chester

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Sentinel Data Centers 300 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Sentinel Data Centers1300
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Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

10 plants operate inside Chester County, 64.6 MW. Nothing is in the queue for the county.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Chester County

OperatingPlanned
OilOperating 55.8 MW 3 projects
SolarOperating 6.3 MW 5 projects
Landfill GasOperating 2.5 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
OilOperating355.8
SolarOperating56.3
Landfill GasOperating22.5
Operating: 64.6 MW. Planned: 0 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 64.6 MW against 300 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects

Chester County against its neighbors

Lancaster County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 390 MW, more than Chester County. 4 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Lancaster County 3
390
1,815
0 0.21x
Chester County this page 1
300
65
0 4.6x
Montgomery County 2
23
2,473
3 0.01x
Delaware County 0
0
2,471
0 0x
Berks County 1
0
1,326
0 0x

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Chester County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
1
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 5 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Chester County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Chester County, PASince June 4, 2026 1 change
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Chester County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 11 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Chester County, PAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 11 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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