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Data center project · Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Aligned Data Centers Project Phoenix (Shippingport Industrial Park)

Under construction · Aligned has broken ground on a three-building, 2 GW campus at the site of the former Bruce Mansfield coal plant.

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Status
Under construction · as of Sept. 17, 2026
Location
Shippingport Industrial Park, former Bruce Mansfield power plant, Shippingport Borough · Beaver County
Power
2,000 MW
2 GW (company figure).
Developer and team
Aligned Data Centers
Utility
Dedicated on-site power (company); site owner Frontier Group plans a 2.7 GW gas plant
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Oct. 20, 2026 The state Department of Environmental Protection's data center permit tracker lists 7 environmental permit or authorization entries for the project: 1 issued, 3 pending, 1 withdrawn, 2 not yet submitted. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026)
  2. Sept. 17, 2026 Aligned announced it had broken ground on the three-facility campus. (Data Center Dynamics, Sept. 17, 2026)
  3. Oct. 31, 2025 Earliest environmental permit application listed for the project on DEP's data center permit tracker submitted. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The groundbreaking date is not given in the source; Sept. 17, 2026 is the date of the DCD story reporting it.

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