# Chestnut River Holyoke Data Center (former Hampden Papers complex)

> Proposed: a 20 MW data center in Hampden County, Massachusetts, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

Chestnut River Power and Infrastructure has proposed a 20 MW data center in Hampden County, Massachusetts (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Chestnut River Power and Infrastructure (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 20 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $200.0M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** 2026-06 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **City:** Holyoke (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **County:** Hampden (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **State:** Massachusetts (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Facility type:** Enterprise (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Chestnut River Holyoke Data Center (former Hampden Papers complex) | Proposed | 20 MW |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Chestnut River Holyoke Data Center (former Hampden Papers complex) under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 15, 2026) reports it as proposed.

### Who is building Chestnut River Holyoke Data Center (former Hampden Papers complex)?

Chestnut River Power and Infrastructure is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### Which carriers serve Chestnut River Holyoke Data Center (former Hampden Papers complex)?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

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## Latest updates

- **Jun 16, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://www.wamc.org/news/2026-06-16/holyoke-councilors-mull-data-center-ban-as-developer-seeks-former-complex)
- [Reported as announced](https://www.wamc.org/news/2026-06-16/holyoke-councilors-mull-data-center-ban-as-developer-seeks-former-complex). Reported for 2026-06.

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- [Amazon Data Services Grafton](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/amazon-data-services-grafton-ma-dc_402a870f0566): Same state
- [Amazon Data Services Westborough](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/amazon-data-services-westborough-ma-dc_a31d2293f793): Same state
- [Servistar Realties Westfield Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/servistar-realties-westfield-data-center-campus-ma-dc_372566bbbd81): Same state

## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://www.wamc.org/news/2026-06-16/holyoke-councilors-mull-data-center-ban-as-developer-seeks-former-complex) · as of Sep 15, 2026 · record chestnut-river-holyoke-ma
- [WAMC Northeast Public Radio (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.wamc.org/news/2026-06-16/holyoke-councilors-mull-data-center-ban-as-developer-seeks-former-complex) · as of Sep 15, 2026
- [Daily Hampshire Gazette (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://gazettenet.com/2026/06/17/holyoke-first-in-state-to-ban-development-of-ai-data-centers/) · as of Sep 15, 2026
- [OpenStreetMap (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=100+Water+Street%2C+Holyoke%2C+Massachusetts&format=jsonv2) · as of Sep 15, 2026
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/chestnut-river-holyoke-data-center-former-hampden-papers-complex-ma) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 276708662709896

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Chestnut River Holyoke Data Center (former Hampden Papers complex)", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/chestnut-river-holyoke-data-center-former-hampden-papers-complex-ma-dc_fbaa418c0e88, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.
