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Data centers in Chester County

We track 1 project inside Chester County and 5 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.

In Chester County

Sentinel / Green Fig Data Center Green Fig
On hold MW not reported East Whiteland Township

Green Fig's 1.5 million square foot data center on Swedesford Road, on part of the old Foote Mineral Company Superfund site, was approved in 2024 after the developer scrapped a larger 1.7 million square foot version amid heavy public opposition. The township has since issued more than one stop work order, most recently in August 2026, after the developer could not show that the local water utility, Aqua, had committed enough water for the project. Neighbors have also raised concerns about whether the old industrial contamination on the site has been fully cleaned up.

Within 25 miles of Chester County

Power bills in Chester County

Most of the county is served by PECO.

PECO price to compare increase June 2026 raised residential rates 5% from June 2026: about $7 to $9 a month on a $160 bill. The order is meant to keep new data centers from pushing their power costs onto residential electric bills by requiring developers to pay for all of their own electricity. This does not change anyone's electric rate directly, but it is meant to stop the cost of new substations and power lines built for data centers from being added to everyone else's bill.

PECO's residential price to compare, the default electric supply rate for customers who do not shop for a competitive supplier, rose from about 11.024 cents to about 11.572 cents per kilowatt hour on June 1, 2026, an increase of roughly 5 percent. The increase followed the 2025/2026 PJM capacity auction, where prices in some parts of the grid surged more than 800 percent, driven partly by plant retirements and growing data center demand. The rate had already risen from about 10.40 cents in June 2025, so the two increases compound to roughly an 11 percent rise over one year.

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