York 2 Energy Center Data Center
Energy Capital Partners / Calpine Corporation. Filed
Energy Capital Partners, which owns Calpine, wants to build a data center at Calpine's existing York 2 Energy Center, a gas fired power plant in Peach Bottom Township in southern York County. The pitch is to use the plant's existing 828 megawatt generation and grid connections to power the new data center directly, and the company says the project could bring around 2,500 construction jobs. The project was announced alongside a wave of Pennsylvania energy investments in mid 2025 and is still in the planning stage.
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- Status
- Filed
- Operator
- Not disclosed
- Applicant on record
- Energy Capital Partners / Calpine Corporation
- Location
- Peach Bottom Township, York County, PA (approximate, city center)
- Size
- MW not reported
- Cooling
- Not reported
- Utility
- Not reported
- First reported
- 2025-07
- Last updated
- August 29, 2026
What happens next
Still to come: public hearings, a rezoning or permit vote, and a utility interconnection agreement.
Sources
- Energy Capital Partners announces plans for $5bn Pennsylvania data center, Data Center Dynamics
- $5B data center coming to York County energy site, Central Penn Business Journal
What it would mean nearby
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. This is the overall statewide trend behind the individual utility price to compare increases: the average Pennsylvania household's total electric bill grew by roughly a fifth between 2024 and 2026.
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Common questions
Where is the York 2 Energy Center data center?
It is in Peach Bottom Township, York County, PA.
Has the York 2 Energy Center data center been approved?
Not yet. An application has been filed and has not been decided.
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