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Pennsylvania Data Center Intelligence

Mapped Pennsylvania data center sites, with their power, water and risk

One app for every Pennsylvania county: data center sites, power, grid and FEMA risk, with hearing alerts and an API. 47 data center buildings are mapped in 8 of its 67 counties, and businesses pay 12.42¢ per kWh for power, 7% below the US average.

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Where are Pennsylvania's data centers?

47 mapped buildings sit in 8 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. Venango County has the most: 32.

Venango 32Montgomery 4Allegheny 3Luzerne 3Lehigh 2

    © OpenStreetMap contributors

    Which risks do the counties with data centers face?

    Inland flooding is the most common risk: 5 of the 8 counties with mapped data centers rate high for it.

    Bars: counties with mapped data centers that rate Relatively high or Very high . Tap one to show it on the map.

    All 67 counties as a table

    What will a Pennsylvania site pay for power, and how fast is demand growing?

    Business power in Pennsylvania costs 12.42¢ per kWh, 7% below the US, and demand grew 0.4% since 2019.

    What do businesses pay for power?

    12.42¢ per kWh in 2025, 7% below the US average of 13.37¢.

    • Businesses23rd most expensive of 51
      Pennsylvania
      12.42¢
      US
      13.37¢

    How fast is business power demand growing?

    Business power use in Pennsylvania grew 0.4% since 2019, slower than the US (+10.5%).

    −10%0%+10%Pennsylvania+0.4%US+10.5%2019’20’21’22’23’242025

    What makes Pennsylvania's power?

    245.7 TWh generated in 2025: natural gas 58%, nuclear 31%, coal 7%.

    • Natural gas58%
    • Nuclear31%
    • Coal7.0%
    • Wind1.6%
    • Hydro1.0%

    Under 1% each: solar, other biomass, other (eia's catch-all), other gases, petroleum, wood. Pumped storage used more power than it made, so it is left out.

    How much new power is proposed?

    6,671 MW of new plants are proposed for 2026–2030, 14% of today's 49,201 MW: natural gas 66%, solar 31%, wind 2%, hydro 1%.

    • Natural gas4,398 MW
    • Solar2,049 MW
    • Wind110 MW
    • Hydro93 MW
    • Other (EIA's catch-all)21 MW

    Which grid would a Pennsylvania site join, and what are its water and hazard risks?

    PJM serves 99.9% of Pennsylvania's power sales; inland flooding and heat waves cost it most.

    Which grid serves Pennsylvania?

    PJM serves 99.9% of Pennsylvania's retail power sales.

    • PJM99.9%
    • NYISO0.1%

    Share of 2025 retail sales, by each utility's balancing authority .

    How much water do Pennsylvania's power plants use?

    Pennsylvania's power plants took in 1,097 billion gallons of water in 2024 to cool and returned about 94%; 65.6 billion gallons were used up .

    Returned 94.0%Used up 6.0%

    Which hazards cost Pennsylvania most?

    Inland flooding and heat waves are Pennsylvania's biggest risks: each rates relatively high against other states .

    • Inland floodingRelatively high
    • Heat waveRelatively high
    • HurricaneRelatively moderate
    • TornadoRelatively moderate
    • DroughtRelatively moderate
    • Coastal floodingRelatively low
    • EarthquakeRelatively low
    • WildfireVery low

    Which AI campuses are being built in Pennsylvania, and how big will they be?

    Pennsylvania has 2 AI campuses on the list; 1 is being built. It, CoreWeave Lancaster Greenfield site, is planned at 92 MW , full size by Jun 2027.

    Bars: IT power expected at full size . Dates are Epoch AI's own estimates .

    Other AI campuses in Pennsylvania: AWS Berwick.

    Campuses without a county on record: AWS Berwick. They are left off the county map.

    Who uses it, and what do they see first?

    Lawyers, brokers, site teams, utilities, insurers and investors each start from their own view of Pennsylvania's 67 counties.

    Land-use and energy lawyers

    Follow counties with data centers, their hearings and FEMA risk.

    • Venango County32 mapped · risk relatively low
    • Montgomery County4 mapped · risk relatively high
    • Allegheny County3 mapped · risk relatively high
    8counties with data centers to follow, each with its planning and zoning agendas

    Land and industrial brokers

    Rank counties by mapped data center buildings, with the power price behind them.

    • Venango County32
    • Montgomery County4
    • Allegheny County3
    • Luzerne County3
    • Lehigh County2
    32mapped buildings in Venango County, the most in Pennsylvania

    Site selection teams

    Shortlist counties by mapped sites, power and risk on one map.

    8of 67 counties have mapped data centers

    Utilities and power buyers

    Follow prices, demand and the grid behind each site. Bars: business power sales since 2019.

    • Pennsylvania+0.4%
    • US+10.5%
    +0.4%business power sales since 2019, US +10.5%

    Insurers and lenders

    Bars: how many of the counties with data centers rate high for each hazard.

    • Inland flooding5 of 8
    • Tornado3 of 8
    • Heat wave2 of 8
    • Hurricane1 of 8
    5of 8 counties with mapped data centers rate high for at least one

    Investors and analysts

    Track AI campuses being built, their owners and users. Bars: MW expected at full size.

    • CoreWeave Lancaster Greenfield site92 MW
    92MW planned at 1 AI campus being built

    What's inside Pennsylvania Data Center Intelligence?

    One app for all 67 Pennsylvania counties, plus hearing alerts and an API. Every screen below is filled with Pennsylvania's real data.

    The Intelligence app

    Every county's sites, power, water and risk on one screen, with your watchlist.

    app.camsahead.com/intelligence/pennsylvania
    OverviewMapSitesAI campusesProjectsPowerWaterRiskHearingsAlertsAPI
    47mapped buildings
    2AI campuses
    12.42¢business power, per kWh
    +0.3%business demand, last 12 months
    WatchlistMappedFloodHeatDrought
    Venango County32moderateVery lownot rated
    Montgomery County4highhighlow
    Allegheny County3Very highmoderatenot rated
    Luzerne County3highmoderatenot rated
    Lehigh County2highmoderatemoderate

    Hearings and filings

    Follow counties and cases; get the agenda and the record when a hearing is posted.

    Hearings · Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania · counties you follow Planning, zoning and utility agendas
    • Venango County32 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • Montgomery County4 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • Allegheny County3 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • Luzerne County3 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts

    Alerts

    New projects, stage changes, hearings and data updates for what you follow, by email or in the app.

    Alerts · Pennsylvania
    • Power demandBusiness power sales +0.3% on the year before: 40.3 TWhEIA-861M, 2025-09 to 2026-08
    • Site riskMontgomery County (4 mapped buildings) rates Relatively high for inland floodingFEMA National Risk Index
    • AI campus being builtCoreWeave Lancaster Greenfield site: 92 MW of IT power expected · first online Jun 2027 · full size Jun 2027Epoch AI

    Data API

    County, power, risk and project data as JSON for your own tools.

    api.camsahead.com
    GET /v1/counties/42121
    {
      "fips": "42121",
      "name": "Venango County",
      "state": "PA",
      "pop2025": 49346,
      "pop_change_2020_pct": -2.2,
      "density_per_sqmi": 73.2,
      "nri": {
        "risk_rating": "Relatively Low",
        "ifld": {
          "rating": "Relatively Moderate",
          "score": 74.1
    Show the full response
        },
        "hwav": {
          "rating": "Very Low",
          "score": 15
        }
      },
      "grid": {
        "rtos": [
          "PJM"
        ],
        "utilities_n": 4
      },
      "state_power": {
        "commercial_cents_kwh": 12.42,
        "us_commercial_cents_kwh": 13.37,
        "as_of": "2025"
      }
    }

    What does it cost?

    Pennsylvania Data Center Intelligence is $390 a month for 3 seats.

    Pennsylvania Data Center Intelligence$390 a month
    • The Intelligence app: every county's sites, power, water and risk
    • Alerts on new projects, filings and hearings
    • Reports as web page, PDF and CSV
    • 3 seats · cancel any time
    Data APIFrom $999 a month
    • County, power, risk and project data as JSON
    • Keys for your own tools and models
    Public bodies$4,680 a year
    • Counties, cities, utilities and co-ops
    • Paid by invoice

    What stays open? The map, the county pages and every data center page stay open to everyone.

    Sources and updates

    How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.

    • OpenStreetMap contributors: data center buildings, as of November 6, 2026; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, free copy on request.
    • Epoch AI: "AI data centers", CC BY 4.0, retrieved November 7, 2026; changes noted.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-861 (released Oct 2026) and Form EIA-861 2025 detailed data (released Oct 2026): business power prices and sales by state, grid operators and utilities by county; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Forms EIA-923/906/920 (released Sep 2026): power generated by source, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plants proposed for 2026 to 2030; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plant capacity by state, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): thermoelectric cooling water data 2024, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923 (retrieved Oct 2026): power plant cooling water by state.
    • FEMA: National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), NRI_Table_Counties and NRI_Table_States: natural hazard ratings by county and expected annual loss by state; retrieved October 31, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
    • U.S. Census Bureau: US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates (co-est2025-alldata.csv): people by county.

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