Amazon Web Services is exploring development of a data center at a 4.5-gigawatt natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania, according to reporting by Data Center Dynamics. The site would give AWS direct access to a massive generation source, a model that bypasses grid interconnection queues entirely. No deal has been announced, but the scale of the plant makes it one of the largest potential behind-the-meter power arrangements under consideration.
A 4.5 GW co-location arrangement would represent an unprecedented scale of behind-the-meter power for a single hyperscaler campus and could set a template for how hyperscalers secure power outside congested grid queues. The move also signals growing pressure on natural gas infrastructure as AI compute demand accelerates.
Named company AWS, figure of 4.5 GW, and specific Pennsylvania site triggered selection. The scale and co-location model rank this story above other construction or power stories in this run.