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Carbon Node East data center (four buildings, 350 MW)

approved Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

DeveloperKeel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms)
UtilityPPL (350 MW secured, per Keel)
Capacity350 MW
Investmentunknown

Latest

2026-11-05

Keel reported clearing three permits across its Panther Creek and Sharon sites, with four environmental permits still pending, and said it revised both site plans to comply with the governor's data center executive order

Notes: On the DEP permit tracker with permits under review (lead via Compute Atlas). The borough planning commission gave conditional preliminary approval; the final land development plan is still under engineering review. Keel says construction would begin in 2027 if DEP permits come through and take up to 20 months, with closed-loop cooling. Keel stopped bitcoin mining at the neighboring Panther Creek cogeneration plant in October.

Sources: GlobeNewswire · Times News · PA DEP permit tracker

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