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QTS Salem Township Campus

QTS Salem Township Campus

Planned
Probable

Jurisdiction: US — Pennsylvania (PJM)

Salem Township, Luzerne County — ~1,700 acres assembled from 96 landowners (closed March 2026, $500M+), adjacent to (and DISTINCT from) the AWS Salem Township campus and the Susquehanna nuclear plant. 12 buildings planned, phased; shovels expected fall 2026.

Capacity
GPUs (est.)
Capex
Announced
Target operational

Delivery health score

60.5 /100
60.5/100

Methodology prs-v0.1 · computed · trigger: scheduled

Schedule

80 /100
80/100

Regulatory

70 /100
70/100

Infrastructure

70 /100
70/100

Capital

40 /100
40/100

Why this score — factor breakdown

Each factor below contributed to the current score. Contributions are rubric weights from methodology prs-v0.1; every factor cites the record it is derived from.

Dimension
Factor
Contribution
Cites
Narrative
Capital baseline 40 QTS Salem Township Campus No committed capital evidenced on any entity role — announcement-only anchor region (§B.2.4).
Regulatory baseline 70 QTS Salem Township Campus No-adverse-evidence regulatory baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Infrastructure baseline 70 QTS Salem Township Campus No-adverse-evidence infrastructure baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Schedule baseline 80 QTS Salem Township Campus No-adverse-evidence schedule baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).

Milestones

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Constraint observations

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Entities & roles

Entity
Role
Ownership
Committed capital
QTS Data Centers
Developer

Sources & citations

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  1. QTS Data Centers · backs: status

    https://q.com/data-centers/salem-township/

Signals

Recent ingested source documents linked to this project via extracted claims or triage mentions, newest first.

  1. QTS Data Centers

  2. Times Leader