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Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center

A developer plans a $200 million data center at a former Holyoke paper mill, while city councilors are considering a ban on data centers. It is reported, as reported September 11, 2026.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 3 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land
Not disclosed
Power it would draw
Not disclosed
Reported by others: 12 MW (WBUR). Their figure, not the record's.
Water
Not disclosed
Reported by others: 30,000 gallons per day (WBUR). Their figure, not the record's.
Who leads it
Not disclosed
Who would use it
Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs
Not disclosed
Tax each year
Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs Not disclosed
How much water it would use Not disclosed
How loud it would be Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year Not disclosed

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Not disclosed
Who is constructing it Not disclosed
How much land Not disclosed
Where its power comes from Not disclosed
Grid connection Not disclosed
How it is cooled Not disclosed

How much power it needs, also reported: 12 MW, 2026 (WBUR: Data center is permitted to draw up to 12 megawatts of energy from the grid) .

How much water it would use, also reported: 30,000 gallons per day, 2026 (WBUR: Data center consumes between 20 to 30,000 gallons of water per day) .

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

  • Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
  • Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
  • Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Hampden County and Holyoke about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

DateWhoDecisionSource
Westfield City councilors in Westfield voted earlier this year to enact a one year moratorium on additional data centers bostonglobe.com

What happened

  1. · Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Facility received highest rating for energy efficiency from U.S. Green Building Council in 2013 [3]

The full Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center timeline, in order

2 corrections to this record

Every correction, with its reason

  1. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  2. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

What was said

Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center operates on carbon free power
John Goodhue, executive director · September 11, 2026 · paraphrased · WBUR local outlet

Every statement about data centers in Massachusetts, by speaker

The site

Where in Hampden County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

  • This record: Proposed, ringed
  • data center
  • Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
  • Smaller pins: 7 other published records in Massachusetts
Details
  • this record's location, ringed
  • parcel outline, from the county parcel record
  • city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
  • county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts
How exactly it is located
County level, the county seat
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

Comparisons

2 metrics with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Capacity at full buildout

1 figure, 1 source
Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

12 MWReported

WBUR, Sep 11, 2026

Show each source's words
  • 12 MW, WBUR: Data center is permitted to draw up to 12 megawatts of energy from the grid

Water a day

1 figure, 1 source
Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

30,000 gallons per dayReported

WBUR, Sep 11, 2026

Show each source's words
  • 30,000 gallons per day, WBUR: Data center consumes between 20 to 30,000 gallons of water per day

Keep going

The county Hampden County 1 project on the record. A pause on new data centers is on the record. The state Data centers in Massachusetts Every Massachusetts project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.

Who is building Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.

Who will use Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center stand today?

It is reported, as reported September 11, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 11, 2026: Facility received highest rating for energy efficiency from U.S. Green Building Council in 2013 [3].

What has Holyoke or Hampden County decided about it?

Westfield: City councilors in Westfield voted earlier this year to enact a one year moratorium on additional data centers (reported September 8, 2026, source). 1 event is on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

What is still unknown about Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is building it, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

  1. Developer plans $200M data center at former Holyoke paper mill: ‘We have the power’ - masslive.com, masslive.com, June 2, 2026, local outlet
  2. Holyoke councilors mull data center ban as developer seeks former complex - WAMC, WAMC, June 16, 2026, local outlet
  3. Holyoke banned new data centers. But it likes the eco-conscious one it already has - WBUR, WBUR, September 11, 2026, local outlet

3 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/holyoke-paper-mill-data-center-ma, last verified September 17, 2026.

Last verified , first recorded . Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug
holyoke-paper-mill-data-center-ma
Status value
rumored
Stage
Proposed
Tier
skeleton
Tags
skeleton
Place id
us/ma/hampden-county/holyoke
Coordinates
42.11241, -72.54745
Location precision
county
Location source
County seat (Springfield), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source
wikidata county seat
Location source number
Not disclosed
Location last verified
September 16, 2026
EPA registry id
Not disclosed
Use type values
not_disclosed
Tenancy value
not_disclosed
Cooling type value
not_disclosed
Capacity basis
not_disclosed
Water basis
not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis
Not disclosed
Interconnection value
not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed
Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows
Not disclosed
Published
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-17