Proposed Campuses·Pennsylvania·updated September 9, 2026

Nebius Highridge AI Factory

Butler Township · North Schuylkill SD · Schuylkill County·Nebius (owned and operated)

Size: 1.2 GW at full build (260 MW Oct 2027, 660 MW Jan 2029, 1 GW+ Nov 2029)
Taxable real estate (our method): $12 billion$2.6 billion in the first published phase
Estimated annual tax: +$181 million a year+$39 million a year in the first published phase; City, school, and county combined, at today’s millage, if the campus is assessed at our $10 million/MW method.

Status

What just happened at Highridge / Nebius?

2–1 · Butler Township, Sep 1 2026

Ordinance 2026-2 expands Highridge data-center overlay to additional SEDCO parcels. Passed 2–1: Staudenmeier + Kessler yea, Coyle nay.

Vote

2–1 overlay expansion

Noise

75 → 65 dBA (unanimous)

CBA

Good-faith negotiations required

Ordinance 2026-3: noise max 65 dBA at property line; CBA negotiations required in land-dev process

Not final build approval: Expansion land plan still needs Planning Commission + Board of Supervisors.

First two buildings construction targeted late 2026 (Republican Herald).

Land closed May 1, 2026 for $187.5 million. ~600 acres. 1.2 GW full build: 260 MW Oct 2027, 660 MW Jan 2029, 1 GW+ Nov 2029. PPL ESA paid by Nebius.

Sources

Tax impact

What does this add at today’s millage?

+$181 million a year

full campus at our method

$12 billion taxable ($2.6 billion first phase)

Butler Township

+$25 million a year

+$5M first phase

North Schuylkill School District

+$112 million a year

+$24M first phase

Schuylkill County

+$45 million a year

+$10M first phase

Tax base today, tax base if built, and estimated annual tax at today’s millage
Locale	Tax base today	Tax base if built	Est. annual tax
Butler Township	$88 million	$12.1 billion+$12.0 billion	+$25 million
North Schuylkill SD	$222 million	$12.2 billion+$12.0 billion	+$112 million
Schuylkill County	$2.7 billion	$14.7 billion+$12.0 billion	+$45 million

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Nebius Highridge AI Factory

Butler Township · North Schuylkill SD · Schuylkill County·Nebius (owned and operated)

Size: 1.2 GW at full build (260 MW Oct 2027, 660 MW Jan 2029, 1 GW+ Nov 2029)
Taxable real estate (our method): $12 billion$2.6 billion in the first published phase
Estimated annual tax: +$181 million a year+$39 million a year in the first published phase; City, school, and county combined, at today’s millage, if the campus is assessed at our $10 million/MW method.

Status

What just happened at Highridge / Nebius?

2–1 · Butler Township, Sep 1 2026

Ordinance 2026-2 expands Highridge data-center overlay to additional SEDCO parcels. Passed 2–1: Staudenmeier + Kessler yea, Coyle nay.

Vote

2–1 overlay expansion

Noise

75 → 65 dBA (unanimous)

CBA

Good-faith negotiations required

Ordinance 2026-3: noise max 65 dBA at property line; CBA negotiations required in land-dev process

Not final build approval: Expansion land plan still needs Planning Commission + Board of Supervisors.

First two buildings construction targeted late 2026 (Republican Herald).

Land closed May 1, 2026 for $187.5 million. ~600 acres. 1.2 GW full build: 260 MW Oct 2027, 660 MW Jan 2029, 1 GW+ Nov 2029. PPL ESA paid by Nebius.

Sources

Tax impact

What does this add at today’s millage?

+$181 million a year

full campus at our method

$12 billion taxable ($2.6 billion first phase)

Butler Township

+$25 million a year

+$5M first phase

North Schuylkill School District

+$112 million a year

+$24M first phase

Schuylkill County

+$45 million a year

+$10M first phase

Tax base today, tax base if built, and estimated annual tax at today’s millage
Locale	Tax base today	Tax base if built	Est. annual tax
Butler Township	$88 million	$12.1 billion+$12.0 billion	+$25 million
North Schuylkill SD	$222 million	$12.2 billion+$12.0 billion	+$112 million
Schuylkill County	$2.7 billion	$14.7 billion+$12.0 billion	+$45 million

Nebius Highridge AI Factory

What just happened at Highridge / Nebius?

Vote

Noise

CBA

Sources

What does this add at today’s millage?

Butler Township

North Schuylkill School District

Schuylkill County

Opening this campus.

Nebius Highridge AI Factory

What just happened at Highridge / Nebius?

Vote

Noise

CBA

Sources

What does this add at today’s millage?

Butler Township

North Schuylkill School District

Schuylkill County