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Talen Energy

Talen Energy is a Houston-based independent power producer whose biggest Pennsylvania asset is its 90 percent stake in the Susquehanna nuclear plant in Salem Township, Luzerne County. Talen started the Cumulus data center campus next to the plant in 2021, sold it to Amazon Web Services in March 2024 for $650 million, and in June 2025 agreed to supply Amazon with up to 1,920 megawatts from Susquehanna through 2042; its subsidiaries also owned the Nautilus bitcoin mine there, which shut down in 2025. In Montour County, Talen asked to rezone about 870 acres of Anthony Township farmland for a data center it planned to turn over to Amazon, and the county commissioners denied it in February 2026. Talen is also a partner in Slate Belt Holdings, which has filed plans for a data center campus in Upper Mount Bethel Township, and a Talen executive sat on the developers' panel for the proposed campus next to its power plants in Lower Mount Bethel Township.

Talen reported about 15.5 gigawatts of generation, including 2.2 gigawatts of nuclear power, on September 29, 2026, after completing its purchase of the Waterford, Darby and Lawrenceburg gas plants in June 2026. The 13.1 gigawatt figure it gave earlier described the fleet after the November 2025 Freedom and Guernsey purchases.

Scoreboard

5

Pennsylvania projects on our map

  • 1 approved or built
  • 2 proposed, under review or on appeal
  • 2 withdrawn, denied or stopped

Partner: 3 · Owner: 2 · Land: 1 · Developer: 1

Susquehanna / Cumulus AWS Hyperscale CampusLower Mount Bethel Tech CenterAnthony Township (Talen/AWS Rezoning)TeraWulf Nautilus (Cumulus / Berwick)Slate Belt Technology Campus (River Pointe Data Center)
Approved or built1
In process2
Stopped2
Megawatts named5,420 MWpublished for 4 of 5
Building area named3.3 million sq ftpublished for 1 of 5
Land involved3,214 acrespublished for 4 of 5
Investment announced$5.0 billionpublished for 1 of 5
Permanent jobs claimed2,700claimed for 3 of 5
Water, maximum0.164 million gal/daypublished for 2 of 5
Counties3Luzerne, Montour, Northampton
Earliest project2021first public announcement
Local groups opposing7across its projects
Legal filings9appeals, challenges and suits on file
Community impacts28documented on its projects
News stories56in our coverage log

Projects

ProjectStatusRoleSize named
Susquehanna / Cumulus AWS Hyperscale CampusSalem Township, Luzerne CountySuggest a correction Under Construction Partner 1,920 MW
Lower Mount Bethel Tech CenterLower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton CountySuggest a correction Application Filed Landowner, Partner 1,200 MW
Slate Belt Technology Campus (River Pointe Data Center)Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton CountySuggest a correction Under Review Joint venture partner 2,100 MW
3.3 million sq ft
Anthony Township (Talen/AWS Rezoning)Anthony Township, Montour CountySuggest a correction Denied Developer, Owner ·
TeraWulf Nautilus (Cumulus / Berwick)Salem Township (Berwick), Luzerne CountySuggest a correction Cancelled Owner 200 MW

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