A hyperscale data center may be coming to Allegheny County.
Allegheny DC Property Co. is planning a massive data center in Springdale, Pennsylvania. The proposed center will be 565,000 square feet with a 200,000 square-foot cooling plant and would serve big tech companies like Amazon and Meta. Residents and environmental advocates are concerned about pollution, rising electric bills and water strain.
The data center is expected to draw up to 180 megawatts of power, which would be enough to power 150,000 homes. For context, there are about 160,000 homes in Pittsburgh…