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York 2 Energy Center Data Center

Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania

ProposedContestedAI likelyRecord updated August 31, 2026

York 2 Energy Center Data Center is a proposed data center in Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania (York County), operated by Energy Capital Partners. The public record puts it at announced July 21, 2025, a reported $5 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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
Energy Capital Partners
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Peach Bottom Township, York County, PA
Coordinates
39.7500, -76.3500 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$5 billion
Announced
July 21, 2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Power source
On site gas
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
2,500 construction
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Contested
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.

  1. July 21, 2025
    Proposed
    Announced by Energy Capital Partners at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit; no formal land development plan filed with the township as of the August 2026 county survey. Source: Central Penn Business Journal

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. York 2 Energy Center Data Center in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Township officials advanced a data center ordinance while saying no formal plan had been submitted; residents packed a township workshop objecting that they had heard about the project only through rumours and public statements made outside the community.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Township officials advanced a data center ordinance while saying no formal plan had been submitted; residents packed a township workshop objecting that they had heard about the project only through rumours and public statements made outside the community.

Source: York Daily Record (via Yahoo News)

Power and water

To be developed on the site of Calpine's York 2 Energy Center, an 828 MW dual-fuelled combined-cycle gas turbine station, giving direct access to on-site power. Calpine is an Energy Capital Partners subsidiary.

Notes on the record

The 828 MW figure is the existing Calpine generating station's capacity, not the data center's IT load, no compute capacity has been published. The $5 billion is the announced site investment; the separately reported $90 billion figure is a statewide multi-company pledge and is not attributed here.

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
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • 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.
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.
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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the York 2 Energy Center Data Center in Peach Bottom Township?

Yes. York 2 Energy Center Data Center in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Township officials advanced a data center ordinance while saying no formal plan had been submitted; residents packed a township workshop objecting that they had heard about the project only through rumours and public statements made outside the community.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the York 2 Energy Center Data Center?

No lawsuit over York 2 Energy Center Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 31, 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 York 2 Energy Center Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for York 2 Energy Center 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 York 2 Energy Center Data Center, and how big is it?

Energy Capital Partners is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "York 2 Energy Center Data Center," updated August 31, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/ecp-york-2-energy-center-data-center-peach-bottom-york-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/ecp-york-2-energy-center-data-center-peach-bottom-york-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.$5B data center coming to York County energy site · Central Penn Business Journal · retrieved August 31, 2026
  2. 2.Here's where data centers have been proposed or discussed in York County, and their status · York Daily Record (via Yahoo News) · retrieved August 31, 2026

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