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Data center campus · Off Industrial Road, Hauto Valley Estates section of Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Carbon Node East (Keel Infrastructure, Panther Creek)

Approved as of June 24, 2026

Keel Infrastructure, formerly Bitfarms, has local approvals for a four-building, 350 MW campus near its Panther Creek power plant in Nesquehoning and is seeking state permits and a tenant. Also known as: Panther Creek campus.

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Power350MW reported · stated
Floor area618,921sq ft
Site103.95acres

Who is behind it

ProjectCarbon Node East (Keel Infrastructure, Panther Creek)Also: Panther Creek campus
Developer and teamKeel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms) (through Carbon Node East Development, LLC)
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. DEP's permit tracker lists five permit or authorization entries for the project: three pending (Chapter 102, water obstruction and encroachment, and Act 537 sewage planning) and two not yet submitted (air quality and storage tanks). (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 31, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 31, 2026)

  2. Keel said the governor's new executive order would not change its Panther Creek permitting schedule. (Blockspace (via Yahoo Finance), Aug. 21, 2026)

  3. DEP held a public meeting and hearing on the project's Chapter 105 water obstruction permit (E1302226-001) and individual NPDES stormwater permit (PAD130057), with written comments accepted through Sept. 4. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Aug. 19, 2026)

  4. Borough council voted 5-0 to approve the project's sewage facilities planning module. (Times News Online, June 27, 2026)

  5. The borough planning commission unanimously gave conditional preliminary plan approval to the four buildings; a second submission is needed for final approval. (Times News Online, May 19, 2026)

  6. In its first-quarter remarks, Keel said it has 350 MW of gross capacity secured with PPL, expects the campus ready for service in 2027, and had not yet signed a lease. (Keel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms), May 2026)

  7. Borough council adopted a data center ordinance; Keel described its project as 350 MW. (Times News Online, April 23, 2026)

  8. The Carbon County Planning Commission recommended conditional rejection of the 211-page plan, citing items that did not yet meet borough ordinances. (Times News Online, April 22, 2026)

  9. Earliest DEP permit application listed for the project (a Chapter 102 erosion and sediment control permit) submitted. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 31, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 31, 2026)

  10. The Nesquehoning Zoning Hearing Board granted Bitfarms a special exception, 3-0, for the site, which is zoned R-1 inside an industrial area. (Times News Online, Feb. 25, 2026; Keel Infrastructure, Feb. 24, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Square footage differs: 618,921 sq ft (Times News, April and May 2026) vs. 940,000 sq ft (Times News, June 2026).
  • Several dates are inferred from article dates and weekdays (Apr. 21, May 18, June 24).
  • Keel, through its purchase of Stronghold, also owns the Panther Creek cogeneration plant; any existing bitcoin mining there was not checked and is not included here.
  • Keel reported no signed lease as of its first-quarter 2026 remarks; it said it is targeting one of three leases by year-end 2026 (the remarks do not say which site).

The full record

Status note
Zoning and conditional preliminary land development approval granted; final plan approval and DEP permits are still pending.
Power note
350 MW of secured gross capacity with PPL under an ESA (company, Q1 2026); Keel says converting an existing 60 MW ISA to firm service could bring it to roughly 400 to 430 MW, and a 2025 load study supports more than 500 MW over time.
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.