Utility
PPL Electric Utilities and data centers
2 tracked data center projects in Pennsylvania, large-load tariff approved.
Part of PPL Corporation.
Tracked data center projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Digital 1 (PAX-1) Pennsylvania | Approved | — |
| Salem Township Innovation Campus Pennsylvania | Under construction | — |
Capacity is the planned figure each project publishes (utility load or IT load as the record notes). Total for proposed, approved, under-construction and operating projects: no single figure, plus 2 with no single capacity figure. A project served by two utilities counts in full for each.
Large-load tariff and rules
- Status
- Large-load tariff or rules approved (2026-06-04)
- Tariff
- PPL Electric large-load tariff provisions (base rate settlement)
- Docket
- R-2025-3057164, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
- What it says
- The PUC voted 5-0 to approve, as modified, a PPL Electric base rate settlement including large-load provisions with minimum demand guarantees and financial protections; the commission is separately reviewing large-load tariffs. (Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission)
Source excerpt
“new tariff provisions applicable to certain large-load customers, such as data centers and other high-demand facilities.”
Official forecasts of data center load
- PPL says its Pennsylvania data center pipeline in advanced stages of planning reached 31.8 GW in Q2 2026, with over 11 GW under signed agreements. (PPL Corporation (SEC 8-K exhibit), 2026-08-07)
Source excerpt
“PPL Electric Utilities' data center pipeline grew to 31.8 gigawatts (GW) in advanced stages of planning in the second quarter”
What sources say about customer bills
Sources saying customers are protected, or bills are lower than they would be
- Pennsylvania PUC: The PUC says the large-load provisions include financial protections meant to reduce cost shifting to existing customers. (Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 2026-06-04)
Source excerpt
“minimum demand guarantees, financial protections intended to reduce cost shifting to existing customers”
- Regulators (as reported by Lehigh Valley Public Media): Regulators said the new rate structure is meant to keep growth costs from being broadly shifted onto residential customers. (Lehigh Valley Public Media, 2026-06-05)
Source excerpt
“the new rate structure is intended to ensure those costs are not broadly shifted onto residential customers.”
Sources finding both, or saying it depends
- WVIA News: Alongside the data center provisions, the settlement still raises typical residential bills. (WVIA, 2026-06-05)
Source excerpt
“Under the settlement, the monthly bill rises to $184.49, or 4.2%.”
These are statements by regulators, utilities, advocates and researchers about this utility or its region. They are not a prediction of any customer’s bill, which depends on rates, usage and regulator decisions.
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Last updated Oct 13, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). PPL Electric Utilities and data centers. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/utilities/ppl-electric-utilities |
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| MLA | “PPL Electric Utilities and data centers.” Data Center Census, Oct 13, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/utilities/ppl-electric-utilities. |
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