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Salem Township Innovation Campus

Salem Township, Luzerne County, PADeveloper: Amazon (AWS)

Also known as Cumulus data center campus, Amazon Susquehanna campus

Under constructionAmazon lists the campus as under active construction since October 2025; commissioning dates not yet set
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Amazon is building a campus on 1,200 acres next to the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station nuclear plant. Amazon expects the campus to hold 20 data centers and support about 1,000 permanent jobs when fully built. Talen Energy has a 1,920-MW power purchase agreement with AWS running through 2042. Construction started in October 2025.

Site size
1,200 acres[1]
Permanent jobs (promised)
1,000
approximately

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size1,200 acres [1]
Source excerpt
“1,200 acres”
Buildings20 [1]
data centers anticipated at full build-out
Source excerpt
“When fully constructed, Amazon anticipates that the campus will contain 20 data centers”
Stated investmentAt least $20 billion, Amazon's statewide Pennsylvania commitment [1]
statewide commitment that also covers the Falls Township campus, not this campus alone
Source excerpt
“Amazon is planning to invest at least $20 billion”
Permanent jobs (promised)1,000 [1]
approximately
Source excerpt
“support approximately 1,000 permanent jobs”

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

UtilityPPL Electric Utilities (transmission and delivery); Talen Energy as retail power supplier [4]
Utility pages: PPL Electric Utilities · data centers and bills
Source excerpt
“Talen will act as the retail power supplier to AWS, and PPL Electric Utilities will be responsible for transmission and delivery.”
Grid operatorPJM [6]
Source excerpt
“Chairman Phillips' Dissent in PJM's Susquehanna Co-Location Proposal, ER24-2172”
Power supplySusquehanna nuclear plant via a 1,920-MW Talen Energy power purchase agreement running through 2042 [4]
Source excerpt
“Talen Energy has entered into a 1,920-MW power purchase agreement with Amazon Web Services to supply data centers in Pennsylvania from the independent power producer's majority-owned Susquehanna nuclear power plant.”
Utility commission caseFERC Docket ER24-2172 (amended Susquehanna interconnection service agreement) [6]
Source excerpt
“Chairman Phillips' Dissent in PJM's Susquehanna Co-Location Proposal, ER24-2172”

Water

Water sourceSusquehanna River, via Talen Energy's existing infrastructure and withdrawal docket [1]
Source excerpt
“Amazon is working alongside Talen Energy to source water Talen's existing infrastructure and withdrawal docket from the Susquehanna River”
CoolingOutside-air cooling most of the year; water-based cooling less than 2% of the year [1]
Source excerpt
“Amazon expects to use outside cooling for most of the year and only use water-based cooling for less than 2% of the year”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

UtilityPPL Electric Utilities (transmission and delivery); Talen Energy as retail power supplier [4]
Power supplySusquehanna nuclear plant via a 1,920-MW Talen Energy power purchase agreement running through 2042 [4]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Timeline

  1. Amazon pays Talen Energy $650 million for its Cumulus data center campus [3]

  2. FERC rejects an amended interconnection agreement that would have raised the behind-the-meter connection to 480 MW from 300 MW [5]

  3. Amazon announces at least $20 billion for data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including the Salem Township site [2]

  4. Talen and AWS sign a 1,920-MW PPA; the existing 300-MW co-location arrangement moves to a front-of-the-meter framework [4]

  5. Construction starts [1]

Sources

  1. Salem Township Innovation Campus - Amazon Innovation Campuses in Pennsylvania
    Amazon · Sep 8, 2026 · company
  2. Amazon will spend $20 billion to build two data centers in Pennsylvania
    The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 9, 2025 · news
  3. Developers tout impacts of 3 data center campuses; Zoning meeting set for Wednesday on 4-3 Glenbrook Group project
    Times Leader · Aug 22, 2026 · news
  4. Talen to sell Amazon 1.9 GW from Susquehanna nuclear plant
    Utility Dive · Jun 11, 2025 · news
  5. FERC rejects interconnection pact for Talen-Amazon data center deal at nuclear plant
    Utility Dive · Nov 4, 2024 · news
  6. Chairman Phillips' Dissent in PJM's Susquehanna Co-Location Proposal, ER24-2172
    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Nov 1, 2024 · government

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Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). Salem Township Innovation Campus. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/aws-salem-township-susquehanna-pa
MLA“Salem Township Innovation Campus.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/aws-salem-township-susquehanna-pa.
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