Data Center Registry
Big Beaver Campus
Big Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania · All 18 Switch sites
Big Beaver Campus is a proposed data center in Big Beaver, Pennsylvania (Beaver County), operated by Switch. The public record puts it at announced April 30, 2026, 382 acres, a reported $1.4 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Switch
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Big Beaver, Beaver County, PA
- Coordinates
- 40.7500, -80.3300 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 382 acres
- Investment
- $1.4 billion
- Announced
- April 30, 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 100 permanent; 2,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- April 30, 2026ProposedStatus change recorded. Source: Switch
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Big Beaver Campus in Big Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. A packed, heavily police-attended June 2, 2026 town hall drew sustained resident criticism over transparency and the loss of the site's former racetrack; a borough council member's public support for the project drew further accusations that officials weren't listening to residents.
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.
A packed, heavily police-attended June 2, 2026 town hall drew sustained resident criticism over transparency and the loss of the site's former racetrack; a borough council member's public support for the project drew further accusations that officials weren't listening to residents.
Notes on the record
382-acre campus, approximately 40 miles NW of Pittsburgh near the Ohio border.
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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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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Big Beaver Campus in Big Beaver?
Yes. Big Beaver Campus in Big Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. A packed, heavily police-attended June 2, 2026 town hall drew sustained resident criticism over transparency and the loss of the site's former racetrack; a borough council member's public support for the project drew further accusations that officials weren't listening to residents.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Big Beaver Campus?
No lawsuit over Big Beaver Campus appears in the record we track as of July 26, 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 Big Beaver Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Big Beaver Campus 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 Big Beaver Campus, and how big is it?
Switch is the operator on record. We hold 18 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 382 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Big Beaver Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/switch-big-beaver-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/switch-big-beaver-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.Switch announces new data center campus in Beaver County, Pennsylvania · Switch · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 2.Switch announces plans for data center campus outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 3.Big turnout and big voices at Big Beaver data center meeting, Beaver County Radio · retrieved July 25, 2026
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