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Data centers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia has 5 data centers on the record: 4 running and 1 proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Philadelphia yet. Philadelphia County's own decisions are on the Philadelphia County page.

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The 5 data centers in Philadelphia

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Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

  1. Running Built from one source

    Equinix PH1

    Philadelphia, Philadelphia County · Equinix

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  2. Running Built from one source

    H5 Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Philadelphia County · H5 Data Centers

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  3. Running Built from one source

    DataBank Philadelphia data center

    Philadelphia, Philadelphia County · DataBank

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  4. Reported Built from one source

    Philadelphia Bellwether District Data Center

    Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  5. Running Built from one source

    TierPoint Philadelphia Data Center

    Philadelphia, Philadelphia County · TierPoint

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

5 data centers in Philadelphia: 4 running, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record (3 of 5).

The outline is Philadelphia's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

What was said

Shawmar Pitts of Philly Thrive stated absence of regulations amounts to dangerous situation and data centers raise PECO electricity bills pollute air and water and power surveillance systems
Shawmar Pitts, managing co-director of Philly Thrive · September 13, 2026 · paraphrased · Northeast Times local outlet
Amazon committed to build 20 billion dollars worth of data centers in Pennsylvania including a facility in Bucks County.
Amazon · September 13, 2026 · paraphrased · WHYY local outlet
The No Data Centers in Philly campaign will hold a press conference and rally at Philadelphia City Hall at noon on Monday.
No Data Centers in Philly campaign · September 13, 2026 · paraphrased · WHYY local outlet

Every Pennsylvania statement, by speaker

The county and nearby counties

The county Philadelphia County Its decisions and every record in it 19 miles away Montgomery County 2 data centers on the record 33 miles away Chester County 1 data center on the record 48 miles away Lehigh County 1 data center on the record 52 miles away Northampton County 3 data centers on the record

Every Pennsylvania county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 5 records

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Permanent jobsNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Tax each yearNot disclosed05Not disclosed by any of the 5 records

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed5Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 5 tracked facilities in Philadelphia are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 5 tracked facilities in Philadelphia are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/pa/philadelphia-county/philadelphia, updated October 4, 2026.

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