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Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania has 1.4 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 18 records, against 74.5 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 40 MW of planned generation across 3 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
1.4GW
data centers, planned to operating
18
data center records, not cancelled
7.3%
of Pennsylvania's data center MW
74.5MW
operating generation, 14 projects
40MW
planned generation, 3 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Cumberland County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Cumberland 1.4 GW Perry Adams no data centers York 0 MW Dauphin 435 MW Franklin no data centers
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
18.1times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Cumberland County's own plants cover 5.5% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 40 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating1.4 GW
Operating generation74.5 MW
Planned generation40 MW

Data centers by status

18 records, 1.4 GW

Planned1.4 GW18 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

18 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2029. The largest expected additions are 450 MW listed for 2027 and 450 MW for 2028.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
0200400600 450 2027 450 2028 450 2029
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YearRecordsMW
20276450
20286450
20296450
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 18 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Cumberland

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

PowerHouse 1.4 GW 18 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
PowerHouse181,350
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Power generation in the county

14 plants operate inside Cumberland County, 74.5 MW. The queue adds 40 MW across 3 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Cumberland County

OperatingPlanned
OilOperating 59 MW 5 projects
SolarOperating 9.1 MW 5 projects
SolarPlanned 40 MW 3 projects
Landfill GasOperating 6.4 MW 4 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
OilOperating559
SolarOperating59.1
SolarPlanned340
Landfill GasOperating46.4
Operating: 74.5 MW. Planned: 40 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 114.5 MW against 1.4 GW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due. 1 planned project lists no date and is left out.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
05101520 Snapshot year 10 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 20 2028
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2023110
202400
202500
202600
202700
2028120
1 project, 10 MW, was due before 2026

Cumberland County against its neighbors

Dauphin County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 435 MW, 32% of Cumberland County's. 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
Cumberland County this page 18
1,350
75
40 18.1x
Dauphin County 3
435
1,019
1,741 0.43x
York County 3
0
6,218
3,117 0x
Adams County 0
0
1,088
80 0x
Franklin County 0
0
518
40 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 Cumberland 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
1
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 1.8 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Cumberland County

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

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

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 35 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Cumberland County, PAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 35 records
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