# Project Gravity

> Proposed: a 186 MW data center in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (3 sources). Sources and dates on every fact.

Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-gravity-pa-dc_cc9b3977e89c  
Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-gravity-pa-dc_cc9b3977e89c.md  
Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

Archbald 25 Developer LLC has proposed a 186 MW data center in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (proposed). 3 sources report 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), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Archbald 25 Developer LLC (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 186 MW (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported building area:** 2 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Site area:** 186 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $5.00B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Oct 24, 2025 (Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Nov 3, 2025)
- **City:** Archbald (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **County:** Lackawanna (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **State:** Pennsylvania (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Utility:** PPL Electric (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Likely AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 26, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Pennsylvania DEP review:** Permit applications under DEP review (Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Nov 3, 2025)
- **Pennsylvania DEP permits on file:** 5 (Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Nov 3, 2025)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Project Gravity | Proposed | Not reported |
| Server Country | Project Gravity | Proposed | 186 MW |
| Pennsylvania DEP | Project Gravity (Archbald 25 Developer LLC) | Proposed | Not reported |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Project Gravity under construction?

Not per the record. Per Pennsylvania DEP (Nov 3, 2025), it is proposed: filed, with no approval yet.

### Who is building Project Gravity?

Archbald 25 Developer LLC is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### Which carriers serve Project Gravity?

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

### How do contractors on Project Gravity get paid sooner?

The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer.

## Latest updates

- **Oct 24, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/)
- [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2025-04.

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## 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) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0) · Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Data Center Permit Tracker (state government data). 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.wvia.org/news/local/2026-01-08/no-tenant-yet-archbald-data-center-developer-answers-questions-about-project-applications-at-dep-meeting) · as of Jul 26, 2026 · record project-gravity-archbald-lackawanna-county-pa
- [WVIA (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.wvia.org/news/local/2026-01-08/no-tenant-yet-archbald-data-center-developer-answers-questions-about-project-applications-at-dep-meeting) · as of Jul 9, 2026
- [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/plans-filed-for-16-million-sq-ft-data-center-campus-in-northeast-pennsylvania/) · as of Jul 9, 2026
- [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=597555ce8e4a4892a030784a7c657fdd) · as of Jul 23, 2026
- [Report cited by Compute Atlas](https://www.desmog.com/2026/03/11/data-centers-are-poised-to-engulf-a-pennsylvania-town/) · as of Jul 26, 2026
- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0811
- [Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)](https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/) · as of Nov 3, 2025 · record 10000003
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/project-gravity-pa) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 224967056156828

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Project Gravity", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-gravity-pa-dc_cc9b3977e89c, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.
