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Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site)

Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 10, 2026

Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site) is a proposed data center in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County), operated by Five 9s Digital. The public record puts it at 496 MW planned. The record for this site rests on a single unverified source and should be read that way.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Five 9s Digital
Facility type
Data center
Location
Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA
Coordinates
40.6023, -80.2456 (approximate)
Power capacity
496 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Rumored: a single unverified source

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. April 27, 2026
    Proposed
    Project listed as announced; no public land-use records linked to it at that date. Source: PoweredByWho

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site) in Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Notes on the record

Operator attribution is unsettled and deliberately conservative: Five 9s Digital advertises the site, CB Tech Partners LLC is described as the purported purchaser with ties to Fezzik Energy, and Data Center Knowledge separately describes a Blackstone-backed redevelopment of an abandoned Aliquippa steel mill. Confidence is 'rumored' for that reason. No investment figure is recorded, the reported $25 billion is an entity/regional figure that has not been tied to this site by any source read here. Parcel is not geocoded in the records consulted; coordinates are city-level. Public-reception check (2026-09-10): Checked a project-tracking dossier (2026-09-10) which explicitly states no public records have been linked to this specific project yet ('We haven't linked public records to this project yet') and lists community-organizing groups for several OTHER Pennsylvania data-center fights (Archbald, East Vincent, Limerick, Hanover, Penn Forest) but none for Aliquippa. Only Gov. Josh Shapiro's general 2025 statement that 'developers must generate their own power or pay for the additional draw on the grid' and that 'Pennsylvanians have real concerns about these data centers' is state-level, not specific to this site.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site) in Aliquippa?

Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site) in Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site)?

No lawsuit over Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site) appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site), and how big is it?

Five 9s Digital is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 496 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aliquippa Data Center (former J&L Steel site)," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aliquippa-data-center-beaver-county-pa.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/aliquippa-data-center-beaver-county-pa, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Aliquippa Data Center, Pennsylvania, project record · PoweredByWho · retrieved August 31, 2026
  2. 2.Data Centers in Pennsylvania, Project List & Locations (Five 9s Digital Aliquippa, 496 MW) · Cleanview · retrieved August 31, 2026
  3. 3.Pennsylvania's $70 Billion Race for America's Data Centers · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved August 31, 2026

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