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Data center campus · 615 McMichael Road, McKees Rocks mailing address (Robinson Township), Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Ardent Data Centers PIT1 (Northern Data Group) HPC and AI data center

Operating as of Oct. 31, 2026

Northern Data Group's Ardent Data Centers bought a 41,000-square-foot data center in Robinson Township in 2024 and retrofitted it with liquid cooling for AI and high-performance computing. Also known as: HPC data center, Northern Data Pittsburgh Data Center.

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Power20MW reported · stated
Floor area41,000sq ft
Site7.5acres

Who is behind it

ProjectArdent Data Centers PIT1 (Northern Data Group) HPC and AI data centerAlso: HPC data center, Northern Data Pittsburgh Data Center
Developer and teamArdent Data Centers (Northern Data Group)
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. Ardent's site flyer gives the address as 615 McMichael Road with 10,000 square feet of IT space and up to 12 MW of IT capacity, starting at 2.4 MW. (Ardent Data Centers (Northern Data Group), Oct. 31, 2026; Northern Data Group, Oct. 31, 2026)

  2. Northern Data Group announced the opening of the Pittsburgh site, which it said would reach 20 MW through phased development. (insideHPC, June 4, 2025)

  3. Ardent Data Centers said it had completed its purchase of a 41,000-square-foot, 5 MW data center on 7.5 acres, with a liquid-cooling retrofit aimed at 20 MW. (Northern Data Group (PR Newswire release), Jan. 22, 2024)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Not to be confused with DataBank PIT1 (databank-pittsburgh-pit1): both use the code PIT1.
  • sqft 41,000 is the building size from the 2024 release; the flyer gives 10,000 sq ft of IT space.
  • Municipality (Robinson Township) not independently verified; sources give only a McKees Rocks mailing address.

The full record

Status note
Operating; Northern Data announced the opening in June 2025 and markets 2.4 MW of IT capacity available now.
Power note
Figures differ by date: 5 MW at purchase, planned 20 MW (Jan. 2024 release); 20 MW announced at opening (June 2025); the current flyer says 20 MW of utility capacity and 12 MW of IT capacity, with 2.4 MW IT available now and 12 MW IT targeted by 2027.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.