# Sentinel East Whiteland Data Center

> Under construction: a 300 MW data center in Chester County, Pennsylvania, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact.

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

Sentinel Data Centers is building a 300 MW data center in Chester County, Pennsylvania (under construction). 2 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), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Sentinel Data Centers (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Aug 17, 2026)
- **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 17, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 300 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 17, 2026)
- **Site area:** 100 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Nov 1, 2024 (Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Mar 25, 2025)
- **Construction start reported:** Aug 17, 2026 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 17, 2026)
- **City:** East Whiteland Township (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Aug 17, 2026)
- **County:** Chester (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Aug 17, 2026)
- **State:** Pennsylvania (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Aug 17, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Community response:** Local opposition reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Utility:** PECO (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Grid power (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 Aug 17, 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 Mar 25, 2025)
- **Pennsylvania DEP permits on file:** 3 (Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data), as of Mar 25, 2025)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Sentinel East Whiteland Data Center | Under construction | 300 MW |
| Pennsylvania DEP | Project Forge Data Center (Sentinel Green Fig LLC) | Proposed | Not reported |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Sentinel East Whiteland Data Center under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Aug 17, 2026) reports it as under construction. The sources disagree: Pennsylvania DEP reports proposed.

### Who is building Sentinel East Whiteland Data Center?

Sentinel Data Centers is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### Which carriers serve Sentinel East Whiteland Data Center?

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

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## Latest updates

- **Aug 17, 2026:** [Construction start reported](https://cleanview.co/news/data-centers/sentinel-data-centers-announces-300-mw-sentinel-east-whiteland-data-center-in-pa-20260417)
- **Nov 1, 2024:** [Reported as announced](https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/)

## Related records

- [Project Shirley](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-shirley-in-dc_c408bc047694): Same operator
- [Sentinel Data Centers Project Shirley Eagle Creek Township Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/sentinel-data-centers-project-shirley-eagle-creek-township-campus-in-dc_3d383d9a7727): Same operator
- [1205 Commonwealth Dr. Data Center (former Pennhurst Asylum)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/1205-commonwealth-dr-data-center-former-pennhurst-asylum-pa-dc_97391eba28e7): Same state
- [2100 Renaissance Blvd. Data Center (MLP Ventures)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/2100-renaissance-blvd-data-center-mlp-ventures-pa-dc_a7efcf37c434): Same state
- [216 Greenfield Road (Chirisa Technology Parks)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/216-greenfield-road-chirisa-technology-parks-pa-dc_e9e7b77092ab): Same state
- [2201, 2301, 2501, 2701, & 2901 Renaissance Blvd. Data Center (MLP Ventures)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/2201-2301-2501-2701-2901-renaissance-blvd-data-center-mlp-ventures-pa-dc_fce0abb1e641): Same state
- [3200 Horizon Dr. Data Center (MLP Ventures)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/3200-horizon-dr-data-center-mlp-ventures-pa-dc_0ce2f7a2c597): 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) · 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://cleanview.co/news/data-centers/sentinel-data-centers-announces-300-mw-sentinel-east-whiteland-data-center-in-pa-20260417) · as of Aug 17, 2026 · record sentinel-east-whiteland-chester-county-pa
- [CleanView (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://cleanview.co/news/data-centers/sentinel-data-centers-announces-300-mw-sentinel-east-whiteland-data-center-in-pa-20260417) · as of Jul 9, 2026
- [Philadelphia Inquirer (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/east-whiteland-data-center-judge-denial-challenges-20260611.html) · 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
- [The Philadelphia Inquirer (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/east-whiteland-data-center-project-20260730.html) · as of Aug 17, 2026
- [Suburban Realtors Alliance (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.suburbanrealtorsalliance.com/news/2026/07/31/chester-county/data-center-construction-starts-then-stops-at-superfund-site-in-east-whiteland/) · as of Aug 17, 2026
- [Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker record (state government data)](https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/) · as of Mar 25, 2025 · record 10000010
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/sentinel-east-whiteland-data-center-pa) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 185228584581979

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Sentinel East Whiteland Data Center", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/sentinel-east-whiteland-data-center-pa-dc_a876e3fc7b5b, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.