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Project Laurel Campus

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesProposed
Evidence
Planned / design
750 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

Project Laurel is an eight-building AI data center campus proposed by MCD 7 LLC on about 191 acres in Limerick Township, Pennsylvania. Separate applications now divide the development into a roughly 300,000-square-foot Phase 1 building and seven later buildings, with public hearings and conditional-use review still underway.

Capacity

Reported capacity

Planned / design or future potential

750 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Conditional-use review; Phase 1 and Phase 2Announced or preconstruction

8 buildings

Project Laurel is an eight-building AI data center campus proposed by MCD 7 LLC on about 191 acres in Limerick Township, Pennsylvania. Separate applications now divide the development into a roughly 300,000-square-foot Phase 1 building and seven later buildings, with public hearings and conditional-use review still underway.

Milestones (3)
Original conditional-use application filed

Nov 3, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit filed

Source not linked
Phase 1 and Phase 2 applications filed

Jul 7, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Status changed

Source not linked
Conditional-use hearing scheduled/continued

Aug 18, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit filed

Source not linked

Participants

MCD 7 LLC

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)

Site & development

Location context

Actual

Project Laurel Campus | Pottstown | Pennsylvania | US

Source

Site area

Actual

191 acres

Source

Building count

Actual

8 buildings

Source

Gross floor area

Reported rounded

2,800,000 square feet

Source

Technical specifications

Cooling system

Actual

Closed loop cooling proposed

Source

Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Proposed

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

750 MW future full build site capacity; not measured operating IT load.

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

750 MW

Utility switching station, customer substation and 500 kV service concept.

Cooling system

Planned or represented

Closed-loop cooling; final water source remains under review.

Other · Under review

Project Laurel

Limerick Township

Aug 18, 2026

Sources (1)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.