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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has submitted plans for a 36-building data center campus in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, with construction scheduled to stretch into June 2036. The proposed development would turn a former coal power station site into a major computing campus covering 1,100 acres.
The Homer City Energy Campus is expected to create 1,500 to 2,000 jobs, with projected average annual salaries of US$80,000 to US$100,000. A new 4.5-gigawatt natural gas power plant would provide most of its electricity.
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The campus would span six separate areas across Centre and Blacklick townships, approximately 50 miles east of Pittsburgh. Each of its 36 data center buildings would have two floors, stand around 70 feet tall and contain about 225,000 square feet of floor space.
Plans also call for offices, storage buildings, electrical substations, security infrastructure and additional power-generation equipment.
Construction is planned in four stages, with the first phase scheduled to begin in December 2026. The final phase is expected to start in January 2032, ahead of the campus’s planned completion in June 2036.
The available plans do not specify when individual buildings would begin operating or how quickly the campus would reach its intended computing capacity.
AWS has also committed to a community benefits agreement intended to address local effects and deliver measurable benefits to residents. The development’s economic impact will depend on its progress and the number of positions created during construction and ongoing operations.
Homer City Redevelopment is developing the proposed 4.5GW natural gas plant alongside the data center project. Most of its electricity is expected to serve the campus, while more than 1GW of generation capacity is expected to supply Pennsylvania’s electricity network.
The site previously housed a 2GW coal power station that opened in 1969 and closed in 2023. It was Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power station.
Although the redevelopment would replace coal generation with natural gas, it would not be emissions-free. Natural gas combustion produces carbon dioxide, and the facility’s environmental impact would depend on its operating capacity, efficiency and overall electricity production.
Knighthead Capital Management is providing financing for AWS’s planned computing campus and related infrastructure.
Amazon has pledged approximately US$20 billion towards investments in Pennsylvania across several data center developments under consideration. That commitment is not described as funding exclusively for Homer City.
Elsewhere in the state, AWS acquired an existing data center and approximately 1,200 acres of nearby land in Salem Township, next to a nuclear power facility operated by Talen Energy. AWS had pursued opportunities there since early 2024 and considered developing as many as 15 buildings.
Separate data center proposals have also emerged in Falls and Kline townships.
AWS recently said it would stop requiring non-disclosure agreements for its data center developments, a change intended to improve transparency about proposed projects and their local effects.
For Homer City, the next scheduled milestone is the start of the first construction phase in December 2026. With completion not expected until June 2036, the campus’s eventual impact will depend on construction progress, delivery of the energy infrastructure and implementation of commitments to local communities.
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