# The Springdale Dynamo Data Center Campus

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The Springdale Dynamo is a proposed data center on the former Cheswick Power Station site at 151 Porter Street in Springdale, Pennsylvania. The developer states a load of up to 240 MW of IT power and has said full buildout would require about 350 MW in total. The application proposes one data center building of 535,000 gross square feet, two substation yards and diesel backup generators. Springdale Borough granted conditional use approval in December 2025, and Allegheny County's decision on the land development application is due by January 26, 2027.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: proposed
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: 151 Porter Street, Springdale, Allegheny County, PA
- Owner: Allegheny DC Propco LLC (exact asset)
- Developer: Allegheny DC Property Co. (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Reported it power: Up to 240 MW · proposed · exact asset — Developer's stated IT load for the campus
- Campus gross power: Up to 330 MW · proposed · exact asset — Possible revised demand reported in June 2026
- Campus gross power: About 350 MW · proposed · exact asset — Power requirement at full buildout stated by the developer's representative
- Reported it power: 200–240 MW · proposed · exact asset — Compute portion within the roughly 350 MW full-buildout requirement
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Electric utility: FirstEnergy (West Penn Power)
- Substation: Two substation yards proposed

## Development

- Site area: 47.53 acres
- Construction: One consolidated data center building replaces the earlier separate data center and mechanical cooling plant design

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale

## Sources

- [Data center opposition loud and colorful at Springdale hearing](https://www.publicsource.org/springdale-data-center-in-person-hearing/)
- [Springdale Data Center – Dynamo DC](https://www.springdaledatacenter.com/projects/springdale-data-center/)
- [Lots of changes proposed to Springdale data center plan](https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/lots-of-changes-proposed-to-springdale-data-center-plan/)
- [Building Data Centers With the Community, Not Around It](https://www.pghtech.org/podcasts/build)
- [www.alleghenycounty.us](https://www.alleghenycounty.us/files/assets/county/v/1/government/economic-development/documents/springdale/334-940-preliminary-land-development-plan-application-package.pdf)
- [Just a moment...](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/cheswick-power-plant-site-in-springdale-pennsylvania-sold-for-143m-for-data-center-development/)
- [1st county meeting on Springdale data center could happen this summer](https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/first-county-meeting-on-springdale-data-center-could-happen-this-summer/)
- [Residents urge Allegheny County to reject Springdale data center based on noise, pollution | 90.5 WESA](https://www.wesanews.org/environment-energy/2026-10-15/allegheny-county-springdale-data-center-noise-pollution)
- [www.alleghenycounty.us](https://www.alleghenycounty.us/files/assets/county/v/1/government/economic-development/documents/springdale/borough-review-1.pdf)

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