Data center profile · Venango County, Pennsylvania

Keel Scrubgrass

Data center campus proposed by Keel Infrastructure in Venango County, Pennsylvania, on grid power with an on-site gas bridge; about 1.0 GW of IT capacity planned.

Announced. No local approval or permit is on record yet. No utility agreement or generation permit is on record. Newest record Sept. 2026.
The campus, Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 17, 2026
1,300 MW
campus power the company states
facility power, not split into IT capacity
550 MW
on-site generation on record
prime or bridge power, not backup
650
acres in the site
OperatorKeel Infrastructure
CustomerNone named
Planned IT capacity1.0 GW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 1.3 GW campus 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. 17, 2026.
Power

Power and the grid

The plan on record is the grid, with on-site gas as a bridge. No utility agreement or generation permit is on record yet.

We checked utility filings, regulator dockets and air-permit records for this campus.

Permits

Permits checklist

6 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.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Nov. 13, 2025
    Site Project first appears in the public record
  2. Sept. 1, 2026
    Site PA DEP issued violations to Keel Infrastructure for failure to remove a coal ash pile at the Scrubgrass plant. News report · Sept. 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since Sept. 2025: 2 satellite captures.

Satellite
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 1. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • Keel Infrastructure, developer
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

17 records from 8 documents

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

News report 4Dataset 2Satellite 1Company 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 (3)
  • Project status: proposed
    “Keel has submitted load studies totaling 750 megawatts and has started pre-engineering studies with a natural gas transporter”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 1,300 MW
    “the company is targeting a 750MW grid connection alongside 550MW of natural gas capacity, for a total of around 1.3GW”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: 550 MW
    “alongside 550MW of natural gas capacity, for a total of around 1.3GW”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (1)
  • acquisition: closed
    “Keel took over the site, along with the Scrubgrass plant in western PA, after acquiring Stronghold Digital Mining in 2025”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (1)
  • PA DEP issued violations to Keel Infrastructure for failure to remove a coal ash pile at the Scrubgrass plant.
    “DEP Issues Violations To KEEL Infrastructure For Failing To Remove Coal Ash Pile At Scrubgrass Coal Waste-Fired Data Center Power Plant In Venango County”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
Site and other (5)
  • County code: 42121
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    Dataset · Oct. 2026
  • Keel held three town halls on Sept. 22, 2026 (Slippery Rock, Franklin and Grove City) on the Scrubgrass expansion.
    “Town halls 22 September 2026; reported 23 September 2026”
    Dataset · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Site acreage: 650 acres
    “Keel's Q2 presentation shows the 650-acre Scrubgrass site in Pennsylvania's Venango County”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Campus name: Keel Scrubgrass (Scrubgrass Generating Station site)
    “Keel Infrastructure leadership briefed approximately 100 residents on plans to convert the Scrubgrass Generating Station property in Venango County”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • The site hosts the legacy Scrubgrass waste-coal generating plant, at which Stronghold ran bitcoin mining from 2021; That legacy plant and mining load are not the proposed AI campus and are not counted as the campus being
    “Built in 1992, Keel took over the site, along with the Scrubgrass plant in western PA, after acquiring Stronghold Digital Mining in 2025”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C

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