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MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant)

Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania · All 2 MLP Ventures sites

ProposedOpposedRecord updated August 2, 2026

MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant) is a proposed data center in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County), operated by MLP Ventures. The public record puts it at announced 2025, 66 acres, a reported $9 billion investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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
MLP Ventures
Facility type
Data center
Location
900 Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, PA
Coordinates
40.0860, -75.3120 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
66 acres
Investment
$9 billion
Announced
2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
110 permanent
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Opposed
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. June 2026
    Proposed
    Zoning application (special exception) before the Plymouth Township Zoning Board. Source: Metro Philadelphia

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant) in Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Application drew heavy opposition from residents and business owners at the Plymouth Township Zoning Board hearing (June 2026).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Application drew heavy opposition from residents and business owners at the Plymouth Township Zoning Board hearing (June 2026).

Source: Metro Philadelphia

Notes on the record

Proposed ~2 million sq ft hyperscale data center converting the former Cleveland-Cliffs/Alan Wood steel mill at 900 Conshohocken Road in the Connaughtown section of Plymouth Township, Montgomery County. Roughly 66-acre heavy-industrial parcel; developer Brian O'Neill (MLP Ventures) cites ~$9B investment and ~110 permanent jobs (~55 per shift). Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the cited street address.

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
  • 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.
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 MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant) in Conshohocken?

Yes. Organized local opposition to MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant) in Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Application drew heavy opposition from residents and business owners at the Plymouth Township Zoning Board hearing (June 2026).

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant)?

No lawsuit over MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant) appears in the record we track as of August 2, 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 MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant) use?

No water withdrawal figure for MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant) 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 MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant), and how big is it?

MLP Ventures is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 66 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "MLP Ventures Plymouth Township Data Center (former Cleveland-Cliffs Conshohocken plant)," updated August 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/mlp-ventures-plymouth-township-conshohocken-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/mlp-ventures-plymouth-township-conshohocken-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.Battle begins over proposed data center in Plymouth Township · Metro Philadelphia · retrieved August 2, 2026
  2. 2.Developer proposes another hyperscale data center in MontCo · The Chestnut Hill Local · retrieved August 2, 2026
  3. 3.Proposed data center in Plymouth Township faces roadblocks · North Penn Now · retrieved August 2, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found

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