Data center profile · Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Keel Panther Creek

Data center campus proposed by Keel Infrastructure in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, on grid power with an on-site gas bridge; about 280 MW of IT capacity planned.

Announced. Zoning approval and air permit granted. A utility is named, but no signed service agreement is on record. Newest record Sept. 2026.
The campus, Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 8, 2026
350 MW
utility load on file
facility power, not split into IT capacity
80 MW
on-site generation on record
prime or bridge power, not backup
336
acres in the site
OperatorKeel Infrastructure
CustomerNone named
Planned IT capacity280 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
The site

The site from above

Satellite overview
Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 8, 2026.
Power

Power and the grid

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Oct. 2026
    Utility MW on record
Permits

Permits checklist

2 granted · 4 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup or on-site generators), and what we found.

Money

Money on record

$100M Development loan (Panther Creek development financing). News report · Oct. 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Aug. 21, 2024
    Site Project first appears in the public record
  2. April 2025
    Money Development loan on record ($100M). News report · Oct. 2026
  3. June 29, 2026
    Site Keel ceased bitcoin mining at Panther Creek, Scrubgrass and Sharon on June 29, 2026. News report · Aug. 2026
Construction activity

Since Oct. 2026: 1 satellite capture. Satellite · Oct. 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • Keel Infrastructure, developer
  • Stronghold Digital Mining, owner
Builders and advisers
  • T5 Data Centers, design team
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

26 records from 10 documents

Drawn from news reports, company statements, public and commercial datasets, state agency records and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 5Company 2Dataset 1State agency 1Satellite 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (11)
  • Project status: In development. Zoning and conditional land development approvals secured (reported in Q2 2026 results); environmental permit applications in progress; bitcoin mining at the site decommissioned June 29, 2026
    “Secured zoning and land development approvals across Panther Creek (conditional land development) and Sharon”
    Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Keel reports a 2.2 GW development pipeline across its portfolio (company figure, Q2 2026). Portfolio scope only; not a campus figure.
    “With a development pipeline of 2.2 gigawatts and established grid interconnections in place, Keel delivers scalable infrastructure solutions for institutional customers”
    Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: 80 MW
    “The Panther Creek Plant is an 80-Megawatt (MW) coal refuse reclamation-to-energy facility, located in Pennsylvania”
    Company · Nov. 2021 · grade B
  • On-site power technology: waste coal (coal refuse) circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion
    “utilizing the same circulating fluidized bed ("CFB") technology as the Scrubgrass Plant”
    Company · Nov. 2021 · grade B
  • Utility service: 350 MW
    “the site has a firm contract for 350MW of power by 2028, with potential to scale further, possibly 500MW or above”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • DCD analysis reports the site could total 1 GW at full build-out; Keel has separately spoken of expansion beyond 500 MW. Neither is a committed figure; the committed campus figure is 350 MW.
    “The site, formerly a waste coal-fired power plant, could total 1GW at full build-out”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 350 MW
    “Panther Creek is Keel's flagship Pennsylvania development, with a 350 MW gross campus plan and an earliest ready-for-service year of 2027”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Campus name: Keel Panther Creek
    “Keel said it is developing a 110MW data center in Sharon and a 350MW hyperscale campus at its Panther Creek site”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Site acreage: 336 acres
    “Keel has previously said the 336-acre campus could eventually be expanded beyond 500MW”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Keel ceased bitcoin mining at Panther Creek, Scrubgrass and Sharon on June 29, 2026 (Moses Lake on April 28, 2026) after completing decommissioning of all US mining operations in preparation for HPC site construction.
    “The company ceased mining at its 18MW Moses Lake facility in Washington on April 28, before shutting down operations at its Panther Creek, Scrubgrass, and Sharon sites in Pennsylvania on June 29”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Announced: Aug. 21, 2024
    “Stronghold owns over 750 acres of land and two merchant power plants, the Scrubgrass and Panther Creek Facilities in Pennsylvania.”
    News report · Aug. 2024 · grade C
Money and contracts (2)
  • development loan: Panther Creek development financing 100000000 USD
    “In April, the company secured a $100m loan from Macquarie Equipment Capital to help fund the development of Panther Creek”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • development partnership: Pre-construction, design, planning and development approvals
    “The partnership will focus on pre-construction, design, planning, and development approval processes, with T5 providing guidance and coordination throughout the planning phase”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (2)
  • air permit (prime): issued
    “PANTHER CREEK POWER OPR LLC/NESQUEHONING”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • rezoning: approved (conditional)
    “Secured zoning and land development approvals across Panther Creek (conditional land development) and Sharon”
    Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
Site and other (2)
  • Street address: 4 Dennison Rd, Nesquehoning, PA 18240
    “4 Dennison Rd, Nesquehoning, PA 18240”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 42025
    “The firm is developing the Panther Creek campus in Nesquehoning, Carbon County, in eastern PA”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).