Homer City Energy Campus
Homer City, Indiana County, PA
Source: Primary source
Homer City Energy Campus is a under construction data center in Indiana County, PA, operated by Homer City Redevelopment (with Kiewit as contractor/partner). DataCentersExposed has documented 4,500 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
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Indiana, Pennsylvania
Homer City Energy Campus in Homer City, PA is contested. Organized Advocacy | Group: https://www.concernedresidentsofwesternpa.com/ | Group: https://www.protectpt.org/data-center | In December 2025, Clean Air Council, PennFuture, and Sierra Club filed an appeal of the development's permit with the PA Environmental Hearing Board. Learn more at: https://cleanair.org/homer-city-air-permit-appeal/ Track what's being decided, when, and how to weigh in.
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4,500 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 3,600,000 homes.
Large new loads can raise transmission and capacity costs that land on every ratepayer. Residential power in PA is 21.5¢/kWh, up 13.2% year-over-year. (MW→homes is a rough ~800/MW planning figure.)
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Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.
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Overview
source: linkPurpose: AI. Site of Homer City Generating Station (former coal plant) Announced investment: $10.0B. Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.
Operator chain
- Files asHomer City Redevelopment (with Kiewit as contractor/partner)
- This facilityHomer City Energy Campus
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe 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.
In the news
source: Google News- Construction begins on $10B natural gas power plant and data center in Indiana CountyTribLIVE.com· Apr 14, 2026
- Natural gas power plant for AI data center campus clears major regulatory hurdle in PennsylvaniaThe Business Journals· Nov 25, 2025
- Campaigners call on regulator to block 4.5GW gas powered AI data center in Homer City, PennsylvaniaData Center Dynamics· Oct 2, 2025
- Homer City Redevelopment Appoints Corey Hessen as CEOBusiness Wire· Apr 21, 2025
- Kiewit to build country’s largest natural gas-powered AI data center campusBIC Magazine· Apr 4, 2025
- Homer City and Kiewit unveil plans for 4.5GW natural gas powered AI data center in PennsylvaniaData Center Dynamics· Apr 2, 2025
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 public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Homer-Center El Sch in Homer City, is 2.4 mi from this site (381 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).
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.