Data Center Registry

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center

Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated October 24, 2026

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center is an operating data center in Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County), operated by Commonwealth of Massachusetts (state IT division). The public record puts it at a reported $110 million investment.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator: Commonwealth of Massachusetts (state IT division)
Facility type: Data center
Location: Elliot Street, Springfield, Hampden County, MA
Coordinates: 42.1077, -72.5857 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: $110 million
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: 70 permanent; 200 construction
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: No reception on record
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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.

2013
Operating
WAMC (Oct 2012) reported that the state IT division expected the center to be operational by the end of June 2013. A 2026 tracker lists it as operational. Source: WAMC
June 2010
Under construction
Groundbreaking in late June 2010 at the former Springfield Technical High School. Source: Bisnow

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts 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.

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Notes on the record

A state government data center of about 147,000-148,000 sq ft built behind the preserved facade of the former Springfield Technical High School on Elliot Street. Costs reported were $76M (2009 plan) and later $110M (2010 and 2012). The 200 construction and up-to-70 permanent job figures are 2009 projections. The coordinates are approximate for the Elliot Street site. The mass.gov facility pages exist but returned 403 to fetch.

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.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Land area
How the community has received it
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
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.

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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.

Cogent Springfield Data Center · Springfield · Cogent Communicationsunder 1 mile · Operating
Chestnut River Holyoke Data Center (former Hampden Papers complex) · Holyoke · Chestnut River Power and Infrastructure6 mi · Proposed · 20 MW
Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center · Holyoke · MGHPCC consortium (BU/Harvard/MIT/Northeastern/UMass/Yale)7 mi · Operating · 15 MW
Servistar Realties Westfield Data Center Campus · Westfield · Servistar Realties9 mi · Cancelled · 42 MW · Contested
Atlas Capital Group Data Center (132 Griffin Road North) · Bloomfield · Atlas Capital Group17 mi · Proposed
Cigna Windsor Data Center (9 Griffin Road North) · Windsor · Cigna17 mi · Operating

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center in Springfield?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center?

No lawsuit over Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center appears in the record we track as of October 24, 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center, and how big is it?

Commonwealth of Massachusetts (state IT division) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Commonwealth of Massachusetts Springfield Data Center," updated October 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/commonwealth-springfield-data-center-ma.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/commonwealth-springfield-data-center-ma, retrieved October 29, 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.Springfield data center to provide municipal services · WAMC · retrieved October 24, 2026
2.Massachusetts picks site for $76M facility · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved October 24, 2026
3.State: From Renter to Owner · Bisnow · retrieved October 24, 2026
4.Massachusetts Data Center Projects tracker · ServerCountry · retrieved October 24, 2026

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