Holyoke Paper Mill Data Center, in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
2 events, January 1, 2026 to September 11, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 1 statement and 3 figures from other sources. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Massachusetts.
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Stages
2026 2 events
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(the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 8, 2026)
Decision · Westfield (city)
City councilors in Westfield voted earlier this year to enact a one year moratorium on additional data centers bostonglobe.com
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reported
Facility received highest rating for energy efficiency from U.S. Green Building Council in 2013 [3]
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Also in September 2026: 1 statement and 3 figures from other sources
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(said in the source itself)
Statement · John Goodhue, executive director
Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center operates on carbon free power WBUR local outlet
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Figure · WBUR
90 percent: Holyoke's power comes 90 percent from carbon free sources WBUR local outlet
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Figure · WBUR
30,000 gallons per day: Data center consumes between 20 to 30,000 gallons of water per day WBUR local outlet
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Figure · WBUR
12 MW: Data center is permitted to draw up to 12 megawatts of energy from the grid WBUR local outlet
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For researchers
- Slug
- holyoke-paper-mill-data-center-ma
- Status value
- rumored
- Events on the timeline
- 2
- Under the months
- 4
- Stage changes
- 1
- Decisions
- 1
- Statements
- 1
- Figures
- 3
- Entries and decisions under the months
- 0