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AWS Susquehanna (Cumulus) Nuclear-Coupled Data Center Campus
AWS Susquehanna (Cumulus) Nuclear-Coupled Data Center Campus is an AI data center campus developed by Amazon Web Services in Pennsylvania, Salem Township. 0.96 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.
Partially energized · Amazon Web Services · Private land · PJM · Salem Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Capacity: announced vs energized
Announced-to-energized gap: 0.96 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.
Promised online: 2032. 76 months away. Claimed by Talen Energy / AWS (source).
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 0.96 GW | 2024-06-01 | reported | journalist report |
Key facts
Lifecycle
Announced
Energized
Amazon Web Services
Developer
Location
Grid
Land
Announced-to-energized gap
On the data center map
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The deal
- operator
- Amazon Web Services · Acquired campus and develops data center load
- utility
- Talen Energy · Owner of Susquehanna nuclear plant and power supplier
- offtaker
- Amazon Web Services · 17-year nuclear power purchase agreement
Power
- Power source
- nuclear ppa
- Grid operator
- PJM
- Interconnection
Susquehanna nuclear station power supply, 1.92 GW nuclear, Energized. 17-year PPA for up to 1.92 GW from the operating 2.5 GW two-unit plant, ramping to full by ~2032
The PJM grid demand right now: 112.4 GW (EIA-930, 2026-08-20 03:00). AWS Susquehanna (Cumulus) Nuclear-Coupled Data Center Campus's announced 0.96 GW would be 0.9% of the grid's current load.
County water status: No drought in Luzerne County, week of 2026-08-11 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.
Why here
AWS Susquehanna (Cumulus) Nuclear-Coupled Data Center Campus sits on private land in Pennsylvania, Salem Township. It connects to the PJM grid, draws on nuclear ppa power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.
Financial structure
- AWS acquisition of Cumulus data center campus
- $650M. $350M at close plus $300M in escrow tied to 2024 development milestones journalist report
Regulatory paper trail
The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.
Timeline
- Aug 2026party addedofftaker: Amazon Web Services
- Aug 2026Current: Partially energized
Sources
- Data Center Frontier: AWS eyes 960 MW at PA nuclear campus
- Utility Dive: Talen to sell Amazon 1.92 GW from Susquehanna
- DCD: AWS acquires Talen's nuclear data center campus
- Talen Energy Form 10-K (FY2025)
7cb8993b-ed76-464a-8094-82a4395840e3 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.
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DEPLOY. (2026). AWS Susquehanna (Cumulus) Nuclear-Coupled Data Center Campus: AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/aws-susquehanna-cumulus-salem-township-pennsylvania
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