Exclusive-Alpha Compute to buy Pennsylvania land, gas rights for $55 million data center campus, company says By Laila Kearney NEW YORK, Aug 11 AI infrastructure company Alpha Compute has signed a binding term sheet to acquire land and natural gas rights in Pennsylvania for $55…
llion to develop a 200-megawatt data center campus, CEO Brittany Kaiser told Reuters on Tuesday. Surging demand for artificial intelligence computing is driving a scramble for power supplies across the United States, prompting data center developers to secure their own energy sources rather than wait for grid connections
Pennsylvania — with its abundance of natural gas from the Marcellus shale basin, existing power infrastructure and proximity to major population centers on the East Coast — has become one of the country’s most sought-after locations for new data centers. Last year, Amazon announced $20 billion in planned investment in the state. Alpha Compute expects the northern Pennsylvania site, which would include gas-fired power generation, to begin operating in the third quarter of 2027, Kaiser said.
The facility could eventually be expanded to generate one gigawatt of power, Kaiser added. The project would combine data center development with natural gas production and on-site electricity generation, an increasingly popular approach as utilities struggle to quickly connect large AI facilities to the grid. The deal would include undeveloped Marcellus gas rights covering about 1,800 mineral acres, Kaiser said.