Is a Data Center Coming

York County, PA

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.

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

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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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