H5 Data Centers data center, PHILADELPHIA
1500 SPRING GARDEN STREET · PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia County, PA
Source: Primary source
H5 Data Centers data center in Philadelphia County, PA is an operating facility, operated by H5 Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented 1 tracked EPA enforcement record at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkH5 Data Centers is an operating data center in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, run by H5 Data Centers. State records list 1 tracked environmental enforcement record tied to the site. It draws power from Peco Energy Co inside the PJM grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentH5 Data Centers
- Files asH5 Data Centers
- This facilityH5 Data Centers data center
In the news
source: GDELT- Data centers are on the ballot—this Pennsylvania candidate won her primary keeping them top of mind - Daily KosDaily Kos· Jun 13, 2026
- How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and utility costs of massive data centers - The ConversationThe Conversation· Jun 11, 2026
- Planned in central Pa.: Massive data centers, hundreds of homes, more - PennLive.comPennLive.com· Jun 11, 2026
- Data Centers Are on the Ballot — This Pennsylvania Candidate Won Her Primary Keeping Them Top of Mind - Capital & MainCapital & Main· Jun 10, 2026
- Governor Shapiro courted new data centers. Then public opinion shifted. - The Allegheny FrontThe Allegheny Front· Jun 9, 2026
- Erie County governments are writing rules for data centers - Erie Times-NewsErie Times-News· Jun 8, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 5 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.5 gal/kWh embedded in PJM grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHO- Clean Air Actno penaltyformal · reported 2025-08-19
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- Clean Air Act permitted sourcePAPAM0004210110499NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: Violation w/in 1 Year
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM'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 near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Philadelphia), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Franklin Benjamin Hs in Philadelphia, is 449 ft from this site (466 students). 18 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
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).
Hearings timeline
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.