Data center profile · Upper Burrell Township (New Kensington), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

TECfusions Keystone Connect

Planned 3 GW gas-and-grid campus at a former Alcoa site in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; 2 of 12 MW first phase in service (company, Jul. 2026).

Phase 1 partly live. A first building of about 10 MW was turned on in June 2026 (press). No permit for large-scale on-site generation, no grid queue filing and no township data-center zoning approval is on record for the 3 GW plan.
The campus, Satellite image, March 7, 2025
3 GW
campus target, company's own estimate
full build-out goal to 2031; nothing beyond Phase 1 is contracted or permitted
12 MW
Phase 1 contracted, 2 MW live
per the July 2026 investor presentation filed with the SEC
280 MW
utility power the company plans to buy
press account; no utility agreement or PJM queue filing found
OperatorTECfusions (TECfusions Keystone LLC owns the site)
CustomerTensorWave (10 MW Phase 1)
Planned IT capacity1.1 GW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceIn service since June 2026 (about 10 MW of IT capacity live)
Next deadlineNov. 2, 2026: Township 180-day data-center moratorium ends
The site

The site from above

Satellite overview
Satellite image, March 7, 2025.
Power

Power and the grid

None energized or contracted yet

Utility grid (West Penn Power)Planned, no agreement on record
280 MW
planned purchase (press); Phase 1 starts on utility power; the site keeps a legacy industrial grid connection and substations; no PJM queue position found News report · June 2026
Proposed
Other sources, size not disclosed
Backup generators (emergency use, not a power supply)

Getting on the grid

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

  1. Jan. 14, 2026
    Power model announced
    The TensorWave deal says the site will start on utility power, then move most of the load to behind-the-meter generation while keeping a grid connection. Company · Jan. 2026
  2. June 2, 2026
    280 MW utility purchase described
    Press says TECfusions plans an on-site gas plant and an additional 280 MW from West Penn Power. News report · June 2026
  3. Sept. 18, 2026
    Township draft requires its own power
    The township's draft ordinance would make any data center supply its own baseload generation and file an executed utility agreement. Local government · Sept. 2026
  4. Oct. 3, 2026
    Air permit covers backup equipment only
    The state intends to issue an operating permit for two boilers and six emergency engines; it covers no prime-power generation. see Permits
  5. Not set
    Interconnection: not on file
    No PJM queue position or utility interconnection filing was found for the expansion. Company · Jan. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

4 pending · 2 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Risks

What could slow it down

Lawsuits

3 cases on record

Money

Money on record

$150M+
spent on Buildings C, D and J, reported Jan. 2025 (press)
TribLive report; not confirmed in a filing News report · Jan. 2025
$2M
state redevelopment grant
Pennsylvania RACP; first phase includes a dual-fuel microgrid for three buildings (press) Company · Jan. 2025
$8M
Land purchase, former Alcoa campus
Arconic Technologies LLC to TECfusions Keystone LLC, recorded Dec. 2024 (county deed records) County deed records · Dec. 2024
Land assembly

1 recorded land document for the campus company in county records (Dec. 2024); 1 lists a price. 1 related-party transfer is shown greyed. 1 sale or conveyance by the campus company or to public bodies is not listed. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 18, 2024
    Site TECfusions Keystone LLC buys the former Alcoa campus from Arconic Technologies LLC for $8M, 11 parcels (county deed records) County deed records · Dec. 2024
  2. Jan. 14, 2025
    Site TECfusions announces Keystone Connect: 1,395 acres, 3 GW over six years and a $2M state grant Company · Jan. 2025
  3. March 2025
    Permits State transfers the site's wastewater permits from Arconic to TECfusions State agency · March 2025
  4. Jan. 14, 2026
    Power TensorWave agreement announced: 10 MW at Keystone Connect and 10 MW in Tucson, with a path to 1 GW Company · Jan. 2026
  5. May 6, 2026
    Permits Township starts a zoning curative amendment and a 180-day data-center moratorium Local government · May 2026
  6. June 2026
    Power First building turned on in June, operating at a small fraction of the claimed capacity (press) News report · Sept. 2026
  7. July 1, 2026
    Permits Planning Commission tables the Building J upgrade plan; residents question 8 proposed emergency generators Local government · July 2026
  8. July 22, 2026
    Money TECfusions signs a $4.0B business combination with Apex Treasury and files a deck showing 2 MW live SEC filing · July 2026
  9. Sept. 18, 2026
    Permits Township posts a draft data-center ordinance with 500 ft and 1,000 ft setbacks and a bring-your-own-power rule Local government · Sept. 2026
  10. Oct. 3, 2026
    Permits State publishes notice to issue an air permit for boilers and backup engines (no prime-power generation) State agency · Oct. 2026
  11. Oct. 4, 2026
    Legal Protect PT appeals the township's decision to allow the data center; about 50 residents, nearly all opposed, attend a supervisors meeting (press) News report · Oct. 2026
  12. Nov. 2, 2026
    Permits Township 180-day data-center moratorium ends Local government · May 2026
  13. Nov. 2, 2026
    Permits State air-permit comment period closes State agency · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since Feb. 2022: 68 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 4 earlier records are not drawn.

Satellite
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Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 5. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

1,395 acres
acquired from Arconic in Dec. 2024, company announcement (an EPA document counts 1,642 acres)
Company · Jan. 2025
13 buildings
already on the legacy campus, one a former data center (press)
News report · Oct. 2026
500,000 sq ft
campus floor area at full build-out (press)
News report · Oct. 2026
100+ trade jobs
for the first 10 MW phase (company)
Company · Jan. 2026
0.05 MGD
legacy industrial wastewater plant flow transferred with the site
State agency · March 2025
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • TECfusions Keystone LLC: site owner and state permit holder
  • TECfusions, Inc.: parent and operator, Clearwater, Florida; Simon Tusha is founder and CTO
  • Arconic Technologies: seller of the campus
Customer
  • TensorWave: AMD-based AI cloud, 10 MW Phase 1 tenant
Decision-makers
  • Upper Burrell Township supervisors and Planning Commission: zoning and site plans
  • Pennsylvania DEP and Westmoreland Conservation District: air, water and stormwater permits
Power and builders
  • West Penn Power (FirstEnergy): local utility
  • PJ Dick: contractor on Building J
  • Bankson Engineers: township engineer
Money
  • Apex Treasury Corp: public-listing partner, $4.0B deal
Opponents
  • Protect PT and township residents
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

291 records from 32 documents

Drawn from news reports, state agency records, company statements, local government records, securities filings, public and commercial datasets, court filings, utility regulator dockets and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 9State agency 8Company 4Local government 3SEC filing 3Dataset 3Court filing 2Utility regulator 1Satellite 0
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 (33)
  • Aliases: Keystone Connect Campus; New Kensington Plant (DEP air-permit facility name); former Alcoa R&D campus / Arconic Technology Center
    “the Department is providing notice that it intends to issue an initial State Only Operating Permit for the New Kensington Plant in Upper Burrell Township”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Backup generators: 6 emergency engines in DEP air-permit application 65-01147: 1 diesel at 600 bhp; natural gas 2x374 bhp, 1x37.5 bhp, 2x422 bhp (2,229.5 bhp total)
    “one (1) diesel-fired emergency generator engine rated at 600 Bhp, two (2) natural gas-fired emergency generator engines rated at 374 Bhp each”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Conditions of approval: DRAFT ordinance (updated Sep 18, 2026; not adopted): data centers a conditional use in the Industrial District; 500 ft property-line setback; 1,000 ft from residentially zoned lines or occupied re
    “Data Center buildings and Data Center Accessory Uses shall be set back at least 500 feet from the property line”
    Local government · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • IT capacity: 12
    “in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Phase 1 comprises 12 MW that is fully contracted, with 2 MW currently live”
    SEC filing · July 2026 · grade A
  • Stated campus size: 300
    “300 MW Phase I goal is to be operational in 18–24 months, with ambition to scale to up to 1.1 GW IT load”
    SEC filing · July 2026 · grade A
  • IT capacity: 1100
    “300 MW Phase I goal is to be operational in 18–24 months, with ambition to scale to up to 1.1 GW IT load”
    SEC filing · July 2026 · grade A
  • Stated campus size: 3000
    “5-year goal to achieve full build out of up to 3 GW (1) total (1) Based on management estimates of anticipated power capacity”
    SEC filing · July 2026 · grade A
  • TECfusions signed a $4.0 billion business combination with Apex Treasury Corp on July 21, 2026 - the sponsor becomes a public-company target, and the filed investor deck is the first primary source for Keystone Connect's
    “The Transaction values TECfusions at a pre-money equity value of $4.0 billion and includes a $35 million PIPE”
    SEC filing · July 2026 · grade A
  • Jurisdiction note: Zoning: Upper Burrell Township (its ordinance had no data-center use; curative amendment under the PA Municipalities Planning Code). Air, NPDES and stormwater: PA DEP and Westmoreland Conservation Dist
    “Ordinance No. 1-2009, as amended, is substantially invalid; specifically, the Ordinance does not provide for data centers”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade A
  • Grid operator: PJM
    “Franklin County (Allegheny Power/West Penn Zone)”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Nearest substation: 0.38 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest transmission line: 2.16 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: 7.44 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • IT capacity: 10 MW
    “a new 10-megawatt (MW) deployment at the Keystone Connect campus”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Phases: Phase 1: 10 MW (TensorWave) in a refurbished existing building; 12 MW stated immediately available at announcement (Jan 2025); TensorWave scale-to target 1 GW; campus claim 3 GW at build-out; no later phase MW co
    “This is the first in a multi-phase approach for TensorWave to scale to 1GW at the Keystone Connect location”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Interconnection status: No PJM queue position or utility interconnection filing found; campus has a legacy grid connection and substation from its industrial use; Phase 1 begins on utility power per the company
    “a multi-phase, behind-the-meter power model that will begin with utility power and then transition most of the Pennsylvania deployment to behind-the-meter generation”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Power plan: hybrid, begins on utility power, transitions to behind-the-meter natural gas generation, grid interconnection retained
    “will begin with utility power and then transition most of the Pennsylvania deployment to behind-the-meter generation, with the ability to interconnect back to the grid”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Workforce estimate: More than 100 skilled trade roles for the Pennsylvania 10 MW phase (company) jobs
    “the initial 10 MW phase at Keystone Connect is expected to support more than 100 skilled trade roles”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: 3,000 MW
    “plans for 3 GW of capacity to be deployed over six years”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • On-site power technology: Natural gas generation: existing legacy on-site plant (capacity never disclosed) plus planned behind-the-meter expansion; dual-fuel microgrid reserve power planned for three buildings per RACP p
    “The Upper Burrell facility will feature on-site power generation using natural gas, enabling dual utility and microgrid capabilities”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • TECfusions announces the acquisition of the former Alcoa R&D campus and the Keystone Connect plan: 3 GW over six years, 12 MW immediately available, $2M RACP grant
    “plans for 3 GW of capacity to be deployed over six years. Notably, 12 MW of capacity is immediately available”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • On-site plant status: No registered prime-power plant exists in any public plant record as of Oct 20, 2026: no EIA-860M plant, no CAMPD facility, and PA DEP's only air action for the site covers the existing building's b
    “an initial State Only Air Quality Operating Permit for natural gas boilers and backup generators at the TECfusions Keystone LLC New Kensington Data Center”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: Operating (first building, ~10 MW class) with fit-out continuing; no new-build construction started
    “the data center is operating at a small fraction of that”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stage: Operating at the initial phase only (~10 MW); the multi-GW expansion is unpermitted and at risk
    “the data center is operating at a small fraction of that”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Paper or real: 3,000 MW claimed vs 10 MW contracted and operating; the only DEP air filing covers boilers and about 2,230 bhp of emergency engines; no prime-power generation permitted, no PJM filing, no project financing
    “Equipment at this facility includes two (2) natural gas-fired boilers rated at 24.0 MMBtu/hr each”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Time to service (months): Initial 10 MW phase in service (Jun 2026); full build-out not estimable, no permits, financing or interconnection filings for the expansion
    “The deployments, scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2026”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Substation: Existing on-site substation (legacy; name not disclosed)
    “The campus includes an existing on-site substation and a natural gas power plant”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Interconnection status: Energized in part (first building live Jun 2026) on a behind-the-meter-led power model: existing on-site substation and natural gas plant, with the bulk of the site to be powered via behind-the-me
    “while it will have a grid connection, the “bulk” of the site will be powered via behind-the-meter natural gas.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Emergency generator fleet: 6 emergency generator engines: 1 diesel @ 600 Bhp; 5 natural gas @ 374, 374, 37.5, 422, 422 Bhp (plus 2 natural gas boilers @ 24.0 MMBtu/hr each), existing-building backup fleet per PA Bulleti
    “two (2) natural gas-fired boilers rated at 24.0 MMBtu/hr each, one (1) diesel-fired emergency generator engine rated at 600 Bhp, two (2) natural gas-fired emergency generator engines rated at 374 Bhp each”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Backup generators: 6 units
    “The permit includes two (2) natural gas-fired boilers rated at 24.0 MMBtu/hr each, one (1) diesel-fired emergency generator engine rated at 600 Bhp, two (2) natural gas-fired emergency generator engines rated at 374 Bhp each”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Utility service: 280 MW
    “TECfusions plans to construct an onsite natural gas plant and purchase an additional 280 megawatts from West Penn Power”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Utility: West Penn Power (FirstEnergy)
    “purchase an additional 280 megawatts from West Penn Power”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Gas supplier: Not disclosed; six Marcellus gas well pads are located on the property (reported)
    “six gas well pads are already located on the property”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (26)
  • TensorWave (the campus's contracted AMD-cloud tenant) is recruiting a Data Center Manager for New Kensington, PA - a 'Future Opportunities' pipeline posting, live on its Ashby board on Oct. 18, 2026
    “Data Center Manager - Future Opportunities”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Sponsor business combination: TECfusions, Inc. signed a definitive business combination agreement with Apex Treasury Corp (Nasdaq: APXT) on July 21, 2026: $4.0 billion equity valuation, $35 million PIPE at $10.00 per sha
    “The Transaction values TECfusions at a pre-money equity value of $4.0 billion and includes a $35 million PIPE”
    SEC filing · July 2026 · grade A
  • Tenant contracted expansion: AMD-based AI deployment client at Tucson contracted to duplicate at Keystone Connect (client unnamed in the filing; identified as TensorWave in press coverage of the two-site lease)
    “TECfusions hosts a large tenant-owned GPU cluster (Clarksville, VA) and a large AMD-based AI deployment (Tucson, AZ)—a deployment where the client has contracted to duplicate at Keystone Connect”
    SEC filing · July 2026 · grade A
  • General contractor: PJ Dick Corporation (Building J upgrades)
    “Jeremy Alcorn of PJ Dick Corporation presented a plan for upgrades to TECfusion Building J”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • DEP site ID: 236427 (DEP Site ID; Client ID 390668)
    “SITE ID#: 236427”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade A
  • Tenants: TensorWave
    “TensorWave has selected two TECfusions sites for the next phase of its AI infrastructure growth: a new 10-megawatt (MW) deployment at the Keystone Connect campus”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: Signed capacity agreement announced Jan 14, 2026 (company describes tenant selection; press describes a lease), 10 MW Phase 1
    “a new 10-megawatt (MW) deployment at the Keystone Connect campus near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an additional 10 MW expansion at TECfusions existing Tucson, Arizona facility”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Capacity agreement (tenant): scope, Keystone Connect deployment 10 MW
    “a new 10-megawatt (MW) deployment at the Keystone Connect campus near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Capacity agreement (tenant): scope, agreement covers two campuses (only the Keystone 10 MW belongs to this campus) 10 MW at Keystone Connect plus an additional 10 MW expansion at Tucson, Arizona
    “and an additional 10 MW expansion at TECfusions existing Tucson, Arizona facility”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Capacity agreement (tenant): delivery deadline First half of 2026
    “The deployments, scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2026”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Capacity agreement (tenant): expansion path (stated approach, not a committed amount) 1,000 MW
    “This is the first in a multi-phase approach for TensorWave to scale to 1GW at the Keystone Connect location in Pennsylvania”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Capacity agreement (tenant): power model condition Begins with utility power; transitions most of the Pennsylvania deployment to behind-the-meter generation; grid interconnection retained
    “a multi-phase, behind-the-meter power model that will begin with utility power and then transition most of the Pennsylvania deployment to behind-the-meter generation”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Capacity agreement (tenant): termination, cancellation and conditions precedent, NOT DISCLOSED in the public announcement; the executed agreement is not public, so no termination terms can be recorded
    “today announced that TensorWave has selected two TECfusions sites for the next phase of its AI infrastructure growth”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • TensorWave capacity agreement announced: 10 MW at Keystone Connect plus 10 MW at Tucson; first phase of a scale-to-1 GW approach at Keystone
    “a new 10-megawatt (MW) deployment at the Keystone Connect campus near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Incentives: $2 million Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant
    “recently awarded a $2 million grant through Pennsylvania's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP)”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • State grant (RACP): grant amount 2000000 USD
    “recently awarded a $2 million grant through Pennsylvania's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP)”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • State grant (RACP): purpose Grant to incentivize design, acquisition and construction of improvement projects (adaptive reuse)
    “a program to incentivize design, acquisition, and construction of improvement projects such as TECfusions' adaptive reuse approach”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase: acquisition scope 1395 acres
    “announced the acquisition of 1395 acres in Upper Burrell, PA”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 8000000 USD
    “Recorded: Dec. 18, 2024 · Price: $8,000,000 · Grantor: ARCONIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC · Grantee: TECFUSIONS KEYSTONE LLC · Parcel number: 62-06-00-0-143 · Address: 205-100 TECHNICAL DR · City: NEW KENSINGTON”
    County deed records · Dec. 2024 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Dec. 18, 2024 · Grantor: ARCONIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC · Grantee: TECFUSIONA KEYSTONE LLC · Parcel number: 62-06-00-0-143 · Address: 5184-471 N WASHINGTON RD · City: APOLLO”
    County deed records · Dec. 2024 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Feb. 28, 2020 · Grantor: ARCONIC INC · Grantee: ARCONIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC · Parcel number: 62-06-00-0-142 · Address: 100 TECHNICAL DR · City: NEW KENSINGTON”
    County deed records · Feb. 2020 · grade B
  • Square feet: 500000 sq ft
    “the 1,350-acre campus could total 500,000 sq ft (46,450 sqm) and offer 3GW of capacity at full build-out”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • TensorWave closed a $350M Series B (reported Oct 2026; its Series A was $100M in May 2025), tenant credit context only, not campus financing
    “The company claims to have more than 2GW of long-term data center capacity secured”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: 150000000 USD
    “TribLive.com reported TECfusions has already spent more than $150 million to prep Building J on the site and repurpose Buildings C and D”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • State grant (RACP): project scope per RACP project information (as reported) First phase includes equipment, emergency generation, UPS systems, electric switchgear, transformers, breakers, cabling and building materials;
    “three buildings will be reserve powered by a dual fuel energy-efficient, low-emission on-site microgrid”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • Land purchase: purchase price Not disclosed
    “The price TECfusions paid Arconic Corp., a metal manufacturer that was spun out of Alcoa Corp. in 2016, for the 1,395 acres, was not disclosed”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (25)
  • TECFUSIONS KEYSTONE CONNECT, 100 Technical Dr, New Kensington PA; ECHO CWA facil: permit record in radius search
    “TECFUSIONS KEYSTONE CONNECT; 100 TECHNICAL DR; NEW KENSINGTON PA”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Air quality State Only Operating Permit (initial): Application received Sep 2, 2025; DEP notice of intent to issue published Oct 3, 2026; public comment through Nov 2, 2026. Covers 2 natural gas boilers (24.0 MMBtu/hr ea
    “the Department is providing notice that it intends to issue an initial State Only Operating Permit for the New Kensington Plant in Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • NPDES PAG-02 general permit, stormwater discharges from construction activities: Issued to TECfusions Keystone LLC for the project site in Upper Burrell and Washington Townships
    “PAC650493, PAG-02 General Permit, Issued, TECfusions Keystone LLC, 100 Technical Drive, New Kensington, PA 15068, Upper Burrell Township, Washington Township”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • PA Bulletin: DEP intends to issue State Only Operating Permit 65-01147 (boilers and backup engines only) and PAG-02 PAC650493 has been issued, no prime-power generation permit exists for the campus
    “65-01147, TECfusions Keystone LLC, 100 Technical Drive, New Kensington, PA 15068, Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County. Application received: September 2, 2025”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Current township draft ordinance (updated Sep 18, 2026): data centers a conditional use in the Industrial District; 500 ft / 1,000 ft setbacks; applicant must provide its own baseload generation; on-site generation is a
    “Any Data Center shall provide its own baseload generation power which shall consist of new generation build or repurposing previously retired generation assets”
    Local government · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Site plan approval date: No site plan approval found; Building J land development plan review was tabled by the Planning Commission (reported to the Board Jul 1, 2026)
    “Chester Lockwood moved to table the review, seconded by Dennis Matto and all were in favor”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • NPDES NOI, proposed sewer line: NOI completeness notification received by the township
    “Received correspondence from Westmoreland Conservation District stating that NOI Completeness Notification Letter for TECfusions Proposed Sewer Line is complete”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • Upper Burrell Township Board of Supervisors (including Planning Commission report): TECfusion Land Development: PJ Dick presented a plan for upgrades to Building J; the Planning Commission tabled its review because plans
    “Jeremy Alcorn of PJ Dick Corporation presented a plan for upgrades to TECfusion Building J”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade A
  • Township begins the curative-amendment process for its zoning ordinance; the 180-day data-center moratorium runs to Nov 2, 2026
    “Motion to approve Resolution #6-2026, authorizing the preparation of a Curative Amendment to the Upper Burrell Township Zoning Ordinance”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade A
  • Upper Burrell Township Board of Supervisors: Resolution 6-2026: motion to authorize preparation of a curative amendment to Zoning Ordinance No. 1-2009, which does not provide for data centers; resident Allen Uhler reques
    “Ordinance No. 1-2009, as amended, is substantially invalid; specifically, the Ordinance does not provide for data centers”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade A
  • Owner companies: TECfusions Keystone LLC
    “PERMITTEE (Name and Address): TECfusions Keystone LLC, 6318 Pasadena Point Boulevard, Gulfport, FL 33707-3866”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade A
  • Address: 100 Technical Drive, New Kensington, PA 15068
    “transferred permits from: Arconic Technologies LLC, 100 Technical Drive, New Kensington, PA 15068, to: TECfusions Keystone LLC”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade A
  • Water use stated: Legacy wastewater systems transferred with the site: sanitary NEWT system 0.045 MGD annual average flow; industrial wastewater plant 0.048 MGD annual average flow (DEP permits)
    “Sewage Treatment Facility: Annual Average Flow: 0.045 MGD; Design Hydraulic Capacity: 0.075 MGD”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade A
  • Water Quality Management permit, sanitary wastewater (NEWT system): Transferred from Arconic Technologies LLC to TECfusions Keystone LLC; issued
    “This permit approves the transfer of sewage facilities consisting of: Pump station with emergency overflow tank; Three (3) 30,000-gallon septic tanks”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade A
  • Water Quality Management permit, industrial wastewater treatment plant: Transferred from Arconic Technologies LLC to TECfusions Keystone LLC; issued
    “This permit approves the transfer of industrial wastewater facilities consisting of: One (1) influent diversion chamber; Two (2) 90,000-gallon collection and equalization batch tanks”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade A
  • NPDES individual permit, industrial wastewater and stormwater: Transfer to Tecfusions Keystone LLC listed in PA Bulletin permit actions (permit previously held by Arconic Technologies LLC for the Arconic Technology Cent
    “PA0000469, Minor Industrial Waste Facility without ELG, Individual NPDES Permit, Transfer, Tecfusions Keystone LLC, Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade B
  • Governor Shapiro's executive order requires data centers to supply their own baseline energy needs; the township ordinance tracks the state GRID standards (reported)
    “Governor Shapiro's latest Executive Order requires that data centers supply their own baseline energy needs”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Upper Burrell Township Board of Supervisors (meeting reported Oct 4, 2026; exact meeting date not stated in coverage): Data-center ordinance drafting; Chairman Walker asked for a show of hands, nearly all of about 50 at
    “At one point township supervisor chairman Ross G. Walker, III asked for a show of hands of those in favor or opposed to the data center”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Westmoreland Conservation District issued PAG-02 general stormwater permit cover: PAG-02 construction stormwater general permit coverage issued
    “issued a PAG-02 General Stormwater Permit (PAC650493) to TECfusions Keystone LLC for the data center project site located in Upper Burrell and Washington Townships, Westmoreland County”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • PA Bulletin notice (Oct. 3, 2026, p. 6542) inviting comments on an initial State O: notice of intent to issue initial State Only Air Quality Operating Permit (public comment opened)
    “inviting comments on an initial State Only Air Quality Operating Permit for natural gas boilers and backup generators at the TECfusions Keystone LLC New Kensington Data Center site”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Potential emissions in the DEP air notice for 65-01147, as reproduced by PA Environment Digest from the PA Bulletin: 29.45 tpy NOx, 2.27 tpy VOC, 28.32 tpy CO, 1.63 tpy PM10/PM2.5, 0.12 tpy SO2, 0.93 tpy HAPs, 25,414 tpy
    “Potential annual emissions from this facility are estimated as follows: 29.45 tons NOx, 2.27 tons VOC, 28.32 tons CO”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • A revised draft data-center ordinance (revision dated Aug 17, 2026) appears on the township website, differing from the draft the Planning Commission recommended on Jul 21; it would require data centers to supply their o
    “the Township's website states that it was revised as of August 17th, 2026, after the July recommendation”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Protect PT reports the Aug 18, 2026 Planning Commission meeting was cancelled and objects to the substituted ordinance draft; the group has held monthly community meetings since May 2026
    “the cancellation of the August 18th Planning Commission Meeting and the silent appearance of a new draft ordinance”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Upper Burrell Township Planning Commission: Voted to recommend the first draft data-center ordinance to the Board of Supervisors (a revised draft, dated Aug 17, 2026, was later posted on the township website)
    “Upper Burrell's Planning Commission voted to recommend the draft ordinance to the Supervisors for a vote”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Community meeting (hosted at Penn State New Kensington campus): TECfusions project Q&A with residents; founder Simon Tusha addressed environmental compliance; residents raised noise and gas-well concerns
    “At a community meeting, held at the New Kensington campus on May 5, Uhler and other residents continued to voice their concerns”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
Legal (5)
  • Infrastructure Guides LLC sued Tecfusions, Inc. in the Northern District of Illinois (No. 1:26-cv-11837, filed September 28, 2026)
    “Infrastructure Guides LLC v. Tecfusions, Inc | District Court, N.D. Illinois | 1:26-cv-11837”
    Court filing · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Infrastructure Guides LLC v. Tecfusions, Inc. and Tecfusions Clarksville, LLC (N.D. Ill. 1:26-cv-11837): amended complaint + Exhibit 1 filed Oct. 12, 2026 (Doc. 11); court found LLC-citizenship jurisdiction satisfied 2026-1
    “Defendants: Tecfusions, Inc. and Tecfusions Clarksville, LLC ..; Do not yet attribute this suit to Keystone Connect [from the user's research notes on Infrastructure Guides v; Tecfusions, N.D; Ill. 1:26-cv-11837; campus link unconfirmed”
    Court filing · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Lawsuits: Protect PT appeal of the municipality's decision to allow the data center under the current zoning code (reported; no docket retrieved); TECfusions petition in Commonwealth Court to keep its DCED pitch sealed i
    “Graber's organization is appealing the municipality's decision to allow the data center under its current zoning code”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Protect PT is appealing the municipality's decision to allow the data center under the current zoning code (reported; court and docket not identified in coverage)
    “Graber's organization is appealing the municipality's decision to allow the data center under its current zoning code”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • TECfusions petitioned the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court to keep its $250,000 November 2023 pitch deck to DCED sealed, after the Office of Open Records granted a Right-to-Know appeal to unredact it; case pending (report
    “TECfusions petitioned the state's Commonwealth Court to keep the files sealed, arguing they contain trade secrets and/or confidential proprietary information”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (20)
  • Facility address: 100 Technical Dr, New Kensington, PA 15068-9001 (Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County)
    “TECFUSIONS KEYSTONE CONNECT; 100 TECHNICAL DR; NEW KENSINGTON PA”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Moratoria: 180-day municipal curative-amendment moratorium on data center applications, May 6 to Nov 2, 2026
    “requesting the township consider a 180-day Municipal Curative Amendment for the moratorium on data centers”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade A
  • Name: TECfusions Keystone Connect
    “PROJECT/FACILITY (Name): TECfusions Keystone Connect”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade A
  • Acres: 1642 acres
    “The Arconic facility is a 1642-acre parcel located in New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania”
    State agency · May 2017 · grade A
  • EPA RCRA Corrective Action Statement of Basis for the Arconic (Alcoa Technical Center) facility, PAD004393138: proposed decision that no further investigation or cleanup is required
    “EPA has determined that its proposed decision is protective of human health and the environment and that no further corrective action or land use controls are necessary”
    State agency · May 2017 · grade A
  • Operator: TECfusions Inc.
    “TECfusions Inc., United States Headquarters, 19995 US Highway 19 N, Clearwater, Florida 33764”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Cooling: Direct liquid cooling (TensorWave deployment)
    “additional capacity built on direct liquid cooling and high-rack-density designs tailored for large-scale AI training workloads”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Chips: AMD Instinct MI300X / MI325X / MI355X (tenant TensorWave)
    “TensorWave delivers unmatched performance with AMD MI300X, MI325X, and MI355X accelerators”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Original target date: No COD was ever stated for the campus or its later phases; only the TensorWave Phase 1 delivery was scheduled (first half of 2026)
    “The deployments, scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2026”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 42129 FIPS
    “LOCATION (Municipality, County): Upper Burrell Township, Westmoreland County”
    State agency · March 2025 · grade B
  • Developer: TECfusions
    “announced the acquisition of 1395 acres in Upper Burrell, PA, for a groundbreaking data center project, known as TECfusions Keystone Connect”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Acres: 1395 acres
    “announced the acquisition of 1395 acres in Upper Burrell, PA”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Announced: Jan. 14, 2025
    “today announced the acquisition of 1395 acres in Upper Burrell, PA, for a groundbreaking data center project”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Site acres: 1395 acres
    “TECfusions announced the acquisition of 1395 acres in Upper Burrell, PA, for a groundbreaking data center project, known as TECfusions Keystone Connect”
    Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Buildings: 13 existing buildings on the legacy campus; one is a former data center
    “The site has 13 buildings, one of which was a former data center. That will be the first building built out for Tensorwave”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Current target date: June 2026, first building turned on in June 2026 (reported); campus operating at a small fraction of claimed capacity as of Oct 2026
    “But right now the data center is operating at a small fraction of that”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: Protect PT and township residents; monthly community meetings since May 2026; about 50 residents at a fall 2026 supervisors meeting, nearly all opposed (show of hands)
    “Almost everyone in the crowd of around 50 were opposed”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • First building at Keystone Connect turned on in June 2026 (reported by Technical.ly); go-live had been scheduled for summer 2026
    “In June, the concept went live when the developer turned on the first building at its Westmoreland County site”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Land control date: Dec. 2024 (acquisition from Arconic closed December 2024, reported)
    “TECfusions acquired the Alcoa campus in December 2024”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Announced: Jan. 14, 2025
    “for a groundbreaking data center project, known as TECfusions Keystone Connect. This strategic purchase, which includes the former Alcoa R&D campus and surrounding real estate”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback. County deeds: ATTOM.