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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has 390 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 3 records, against 1.8 GW of generation operating inside the county. Nothing is in the interconnection queue for the county. That is 2.1% of Pennsylvania's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
390MW
data centers, planned to operating
3
data center records, not cancelled
2.1%
of Pennsylvania's data center MW
1.8GW
operating generation, 53 projects
0MW
planned generation, 0 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Lancaster County and its neighbors

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

Lebanon no data centers Lancaster 390 MW Chester 300 MW Berks 0 MW York 0 MW Dauphin 435 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
21%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 390 MW of data centers against 1.8 GW of plants.

Data centers, planned to operating390 MW
Operating generation1.8 GW
Planned generation0 MW

Data centers by status

3 records, 390 MW

Under construction252 MW2 records, 65%
Planned138 MW1 record, 35%
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The data center pipeline

2 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 252 MW listed for 2027. 1 record list no year.

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
0100200300 252 2027
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YearRecordsMW
20272252
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 2 records with a year; 1 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Lancaster

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

Chirisa Technology Parks 390 MW 3 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Chirisa Technology Parks3390
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Power generation in the county

53 plants operate inside Lancaster County, 1.8 GW. Nothing is in the queue for the county.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Lancaster County

OperatingPlanned
HydroOperating 1.7 GW 36 projects
Municipal Solid WasteOperating 35.7 MW 1 project
Landfill GasOperating 20.8 MW 8 projects
SolarOperating 11.6 MW 4 projects
OilOperating 5.4 MW 2 projects
WindOperating 3.2 MW 1 project
Natural GasOperating 1.1 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
HydroOperating361,736.8
Municipal Solid WasteOperating135.7
Landfill GasOperating820.8
SolarOperating411.6
OilOperating25.4
WindOperating13.2
Natural GasOperating11.1
Operating: 1.8 GW. Planned: 0 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 1.8 GW against 390 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects

Lancaster County against its neighbors

Dauphin County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 435 MW, more than Lancaster County. 4 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Dauphin County 3
435
1,019
1,741 0.43x
Lancaster County this page 3
390
1,815
0 0.21x
Chester County 1
300
65
0 4.6x
York County 3
0
6,218
3,117 0x
Berks County 1
0
1,326
0 0x
Lebanon County 0
0
784
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.

6 counties shown

Every record in Lancaster County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 56 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Lancaster County, PAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 56 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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