Nebius Highridge Business Park AI Factory

Capacity: announced vs energized

Announced-to-energized gap: 1.20 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.

Key facts

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

Operator / developer

Nebius (fully owned and operated) (Nebius)

Location

Highridge Business Park, Butler Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (I-81 and Gordon Mountain Road / Highridge Park Road) (Nebius; Pottsville Republican Herald)

Lifecycle / timeline

First phase of development underway; 260 MW targeted operational by October 2027; local press (Jun 2026) reported tree clearing underway and construction anticipated before year-end (Nebius; Pottsville Republican Herald)

Announced capacity (phased)

1.2 GW at full buildout; phased power delivery 260 MW (Oct 2027), 660 MW (Jan 2029), 1,000+ MW (Nov 2029) (Nebius)

Serving utility / ESA

PPL Electric Utilities under a dedicated Energy Service Agreement including new campus-specific energy infrastructure; company says power cost is borne by Nebius (Nebius)

On-site backup

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) designed for roughly 30 minutes of backup/redundant power; company exploring additional on-site mitigation (Nebius)

Site size / buildings

Approximately 600 acres (company); local press described at least six one-story buildings plus mechanical yards, and interest in a second parcel across Highridge Park Road to reach ~600 acres (Nebius; Pottsville Republican Herald)

Land purchase (reported)

Local press reported Nebius closed on the Highridge land May 1 for $187.5 million (Pottsville Republican Herald; Data Center Dynamics)

Transmission context (reported)

Local press linked the load to PPL rebuild of ~37 miles of line (Shamokin Dam to Frackville) and a new Butler Township switchyard with two new 230 kV lines to the campus (Pottsville Republican Herald)

Cooling

Air-cooled and closed-loop systems per company FAQ; designed to minimize water use under Butler Township zoning (Nebius)

Related campuses

Nebius also operates/plans Independence, Missouri and Vineland, New Jersey campuses in the registry.

On the data center map

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The deal

developer

Nebius · Designs, builds, owns, and operates the Highridge campus.

utility

PPL Electric Utilities · Dedicated Energy Service Agreement and new campus-specific energy infrastructure.

grid operator

PJM Interconnection · Campus sits in PJM territory (company / registry gridOperator).

Power

Power source

grid

Grid operator

PJM

Interconnection

Water

Company: air-cooled and closed-loop systems designed to minimize water use, in compliance with Butler Township zoning; local press reported Schuylkill County Municipal Authority as the water supplier rather than a well ([Nebius](https://nebius.com/schuylkillcountypa); [Pottsville Republican Herald](https://www.republicanherald.com/2026/06/26/ai-company-starts-development-at-highridge-business-park/)).

Highridge campus BESS (backup), other, Announced. Nebius: BESS sized for approximately 30 minutes of backup/redundant power.

The PJM grid demand right now: 79.4 GW (EIA-930, 2026-09-28 04:00). Nebius Highridge Business Park AI Factory's announced 1.20 GW would be 1.5% of the grid's current load.

County water status: No drought in Schuylkill County, week of 2026-09-22 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

Nebius Highridge Business Park AI Factory sits on private land in Pennsylvania, Butler Township (Schuylkill County). It connects to the PJM grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

Highridge land closing (local press)

$188M. Pottsville Republican Herald reported Nebius closed on the land May 1 for $187.5 million; framed as reported local coverage. 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.

Investment, workforce and specs

Cooling

air-cooled and closed-loop source ↗

Timeline

1. Show 6 earlier updates
2. Sep 2026
   party added
   grid_operator: PJM Interconnection
3. Sep 2026
   Current: Under construction

Sources

• Highridge Business Park AI Factory ↗ · Nebius
• AI company starts development at Highridge Business Park ↗ · Pottsville Republican Herald
• Nebius details plans for 1.2GW data center campus in Pennsylvania ↗ · Data Center Dynamics

f37e6321-6224-464b-b472-70e9461bbd6d · 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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