Hendricks Group data center and gas plant campus
A Bucks County developer is pitching a 20-building data center campus with its own gas plant on a 549-acre former U.S. Steel landfill in Elizabeth Township. Also known as: Fiore Property.
Who is behind it
The record, newest first
At a township town hall the developer described about 20 buildings totaling some 3 million square feet; the commission president said he could not support it without better answers, and the local state representative said he opposes it. (Pittsburgh's Public Source, Oct. 13, 2026)
The township commission president disclosed at a public meeting that the township had been approached about a data center. (Pittsburgh's Public Source, Oct. 5, 2026)
A revised site plan sent to the township moved buildings away from a nearby manufactured home community; summer plans ranged from 11 to 28 two-story buildings. (Pittsburgh's Public Source, Oct. 5, 2026)
Hendricks signed an option to buy the 549-acre property from its owner, Buena Vista Solar, according to county records cited by Public Source. (Pittsburgh's Public Source, Oct. 13, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- Not on DEP's data center permit tracker as of Oct. 31, 2026.
- Square footage varies by layout: a 12-building option was put at 3.7 million sq ft in summer emails; the October town hall figure was about 3 million.
- Developer revenue claim of up to $125 million a year in local taxes is unverified; township said it did not prepare those numbers.
- A local group, Protect Elizabeth Township, opposes the plan; it formed earlier to fight a power plant proposed for the same site.
The full record
- Status note
- The developer holds an option on the land and has sent site plans to the township, but no formal plans or permit applications had been filed as of mid-October 2026.
- Power note
- Public Source described a 1-gigawatt campus powered by an on-site combined-cycle generator; it is not clear whether the figure is the computing load or the plant's output.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)