DataBank Pittsburgh PIT2

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

• CEO of Dallas-based data center giant steps down after a decade

  The Business Journals· May 20, 2026
• Pennsylvania community groups urge officials to restrict data center development

  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette· Oct 17, 2025
• DataBank to Build 480 MW Dallas Data Center Campus

  CommercialSearch· Sep 11, 2024
• DataBank secures 292 acres in Ellis County for big campus

  The Business Journals· Sep 10, 2024
• Ardent breaks ground on Pittsburgh data center upgrade

  Data Center Dynamics· May 7, 2024
• DataBank breaks ground on 86,000-square-foot data center in Brooklyn Park, its third in Minnesota

  The Business Journals· Nov 20, 2020

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

No reported violations as of last sync.

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's RTO pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Pittsburgh), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, Parkway West Ctc in Oakdale, is 0.9 mi from this site (7 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.