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1 data center project in Big Beaver Borough

Who decides here: the Borough Council of Big Beaver Borough votes on zoning. The Beaver County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.

In Big Beaver Borough

Proposed

Switch Big Beaver data center campus (former Pitt Race track)

Big Beaver, Beaver County

382 acres

🕒 Aug 24, 2026: Switch filed plans for three buildings of about 201,690 square feet each, with 270 megaw…

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Status unclearabout 10 miles away

Stonebridge data center campus at Powder Mill Works (former dynamite factory)

North Beaver, Lawrence County

🕒 Sept 10, 2026: North Beaver zoning hearing board denied the developer's appeal; Mahoning's board also d…

Proposedabout 13 miles away

Saadia Holdings 'mini data center' proposal

Union, Lawrence County

🕒 Sept 21, 2026: Saadia Holdings presented its plan for a 'mini data center' in Union Township.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Built & runningabout 14 miles away

Mawson / Big Digital Energy bitcoin mine and AI site (Midland)

Midland, Beaver County

for Bitcoin mining and hosting customers; an unnamed AI customer

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Being builtabout 14 miles away

Project Phoenix data center campus (former Bruce Mansfield power plant)

Shippingport, Beaver County

660 acres

🕒 Sept 21, 2026: Shippingport leaders approved phase 2 of Aligned's land development plan while neighbors…

Proposedabout 14 miles away

Midland data center proposal (former J&L / steel mill land)

Midland, Beaver County

🕒 2026: Residents packed a Midland Borough Council meeting about a zoning change for a data cent…

🗓️ Public meeting: Oct 22, 2026
Big Beaver Borough Planning Commission. Anyone can come and speak.
Switch preliminary land development plan expected on the agenda.
📍 Big Beaver Borough Municipal Building, 114 Forest Dr., Darlington, PA 16115 (time not yet posted). Two days earlier, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 at 6 p.m. at the same building, Borough Council will consider Ordinance No. 250, a zoning change that adds rules for on-site power generation, battery storage, substations and switchyards. Council has until Dec. 18, 2026 to decide on Switch's plan.

Local votes and rules

🗺️ Zoning change

Big Beaver council passed Ordinance 245, changing zoning so data centers are allowed in a commercial district. Switch has since proposed a data center campus at the former Pittsburgh International Race Complex, drawing a crowd of about 100 opponents in June 2026.

Sept 16, 2025Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

  1. Get told first.
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  2. Go to borough meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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⚡ Your electric company

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania (formerly Penn Power) (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Pennsylvania.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • When will the Big Beaver planning commission and borough council vote on the land development plan?
  • How much electricity will the campus use?
  • Where will water come from, and could it affect private wells nearby?
  • How many diesel generators make up the 270 megawatts of backup power, and how often will they be tested?
  • Who is the tenant?
  • Was a secret deal (NDA) signed with the borough?
  • Will Switch ask for a tax break?
  • How much water will Switch need to fill its closed-loop cooling system at the start, and which water authority will supply it?

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