Standard Power to Build Massive Blockchain Data Center at Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Station

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Blockchain company Standard Power is to build a massive data center at a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.

Under the terms of the agreement, the partnership will complete the required feasibility analysis to determine optimal engineering, colocation and implementation for a new data center.

In phase 1, Standard Power will commit to a 10-year agreement to purchase between 200-300MW of electricity and capacity through a direct connection to the Beaver Valley nuclear facility at a fixed price. Phase 1 of development is expected to come online in 2023 and 2024, with the opportunity to scale development up to 900MWs in subsequent phases.

“We appreciate the opportunity to build upon our strong relationship with Standard Power through this industry-transforming transaction. This effort is an important step in the transformation of the regions around our nuclear plants into Clean Energy Centers (CECs) that will be the necessary 24/7 carbon-free, infrastructure backbone of the US economy,” said Energy Harbor's chief operating officer and chief Nuclear officer, David Hamilton.

Maxim Serezhin, Standard Power’s CEO, added, “Data infrastructure and the associated technology is energy-intensive, and we recognize our responsibility to build a more environmentally sustainable future. Expanding our relationship with Energy Harbor strategically enables us to proactively structure our hosting capabilities to ensure that 100% of the power associated with this facility is carbon-free.”

Energy Harbor, previously First Energy Solutions, operates a number of coal and nuclear power plants across Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Earlier this year the company announced plans to shut and/or sell a number of coal plants as it looks to exit the fossil business and focus on nuclear power.

“This agreement and projects like the clean hydrogen pilot at our Davis-Besse Nuclear Station, demonstrate that clean energy infrastructure development near our nuclear facilities will create additional jobs and economic growth for our local communities. We look forward to the culmination of these efforts as we pursue CEC projects at our nuclear facilities in Ohio and Pennsylvania,” said Energy Harbor president and CEO, John Judge.

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