Cheswick Generating Station

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Cheswick Generating Station

Ownership: Allegheny DC Property Co. owns the building.

Lot Size: 47 acres

Allegheny DC Property Co. plans to develop a data center complex on the 47-acre site of the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, Pennsylvania.

The proposed development includes a 565,000 sq ft (52,490 sqm) data center and a 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sqm) building for cooling and facility management. The redevelopment is overseen by Charah Environmental Redevelopment Group, which acquired the site in 2022 after the 565MW coal power plant was retired. Demolition and cleanup have been ongoing since March 2025, with the site expected to be fully ready for redevelopment later this year.

If the project receives approval, construction at the site is expected to start in 2027, and the facility is expected to come online in 2028.

The project faces local opposition. The Springdale planning commission delayed a decision on recommending the project to the city council, citing the need for further studies and resident comments. A public meeting saw several residents speak out against the proposals, and a Change.org petition opposing the plan has secured more than 300 signatures.

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Allegheny DC Property Co. Sites

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Sites within 15 miles of Cheswick Generating Station

Distance	Site	About
4.62 miles	MSA: Rockpointe	MSA’s original facility is Tier III.
4.87 miles	Consolidated Rockpointe
7.72 miles	TECfusions: New Kensington, PA	In January 2024, TECfusions acquired this 1,350-acre site located 30 miles to the northeast of Pittsburgh.
11.62 miles	Lumen: Pittsburgh 2
11.67 miles	H5 Pittsburgh
11.87 miles	Consolidated Evergreen
11.88 miles	MSA: Evergreen Hights	The facility is designed from the ground up to exceed Tier III uptime standards.
12.27 miles	Lumen Pittsburgh 1
12.70 miles	Cogent: 650 Smithfield
12.74 miles	Verizon: 3 Allegheny Ctr	Former XO Communications site
12.79 miles	DataBank Pittsburgh PIT1
12.80 miles	Expedient Pittsburgh (North Side)	The site is known as Nova Place or "North Side". It was formerly known as Allegheny Center Mall (ACM)
13.00 miles	DQE Communications Pittsburgh
13.86 miles	American Tower: Pittsburgh
14.47 miles	EdgeConneX Pittsburgh
14.85 miles	SunCap: McKees Rocks, PA	SunCap Industries, an affiliate of SunCap Property Group, is proposing a data center on the 72-acre RockPoint Industrial site in Stowe Township, PA.
15.27 miles	Expedient Pittsburgh (Green Tree)
16.88 miles	Ark: Pittsburgh Northpointe	In October 2016, Involta announced plans for the expansion into Western Pennsylvania with UPMC, a leading integrated healthcare provider and insurer, as anchor-tenant. UPMC selected Involta to build, own and operate the multi-tenant facility in the Northpointe Business Park.
17.05 miles	Chirisa: Pittsburgh, PA	Chirisa Technology Parks (CTP) has acquired a vacant data center property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for $5.5 million, signaling the company's continued expansion in the data center market.
19.70 miles	Ardent (Northern Data): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Ardent Data Centers, a Northern Data Group company, has finalized the acquisition of a new data center site in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 41,000 sq ft (3,900 sqm) expanded the site to 20MW.

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