US data center developer PowerHouse may be looking to build a large campus in Pennsylvania.
PennLive reports American Real Estate Partners (AREP) is studying a site in Middlesex Township in Cumberland County for the development of a hyperscale data center campus.
Middlesex Zoning Officer Mark Carpenter told the publication the campus could total up to 18 buildings and as much as five million square feet (464,515 sqm).
AREP’s PowerHouse is said to be targeting nearly 700 acres off Country Club Road, previously approved for two separate residential developments that never came to fruition. The two developments, the first of which was given the green light in 2004, would have seen nearly 1,000 homes built.
AREP has reportedly told Middlesex officials it has an option to acquire the land.
Middlesex supervisors are in the process of rewriting the township’s zoning ordinance to accommodate data centers. This is not expected to be finalized until sometime in 2025; PowerHouse will only be able to officially submit its plans after the zoning is in place.
The companies are yet to publicly announce the plans. DCD has reached out for more information.
Founded in 2022, PowerHouse is a wholly-owned division of American Real Estate Partners and has around 5.9GW of capacity either planned or under construction in Northern Virginia, Virginia, Texas, and North Carolina.
In August last year, PowerHouse announced a $5 billion joint venture along with Blue Owl Capital and Chirisa Technology Parks to develop build-to-suit AI/HPC data center developments supporting CoreWeave and other hyperscale and enterprise data center customers. As well as Richmond, Virginia, the JV was set to develop brownfield and greenfield campuses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Kentucky, and Nevada.
