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Dossier · III · Who They Are

Name them, plainly.

These are not your neighbors. These are not your friends.

The entities that will profit if our land is converted into the cooling infrastructure for someone else's chatbot. Their names go in the record so we know exactly who to thank when the water table drops, the noise starts, and our property values fall.

01
Gas Operator
HQ · CANONSBURG, PA

CNX Resources Corp.

Dominant Marcellus gas operator in Armstrong County. Marketing its land holdings for direct-connected data center deployments under the 'bring the data center to the gas' model.

PENNSYLVANIA FOOTPRINT
  • BP6 Waterline — 5.7-mile, 20-inch HDPE pipe positioned to draw from the MAWC Beaver Run Reservoir (primary source per CNX's April 9, 2024 release) and, on regulatory approval, from the Kiskiminetas River. PADEP Water Management Plan WMP-159257-5 (approved Oct 31, 2023); Chapter 105 Permit E6507223-009 application re-noticed April 4, 2026 for a permanent submerged intake. The line crosses HQ-CWF waters and runs beneath residential parcels in Armstrong County.
  • Mamont Impoundment — flowback / produced-water storage in Armstrong County operating under PADEP WMGR123 (issued April 25, 2025). The older Mamont South single cell (permit 95-7-37312-20) is documented at 35 acre-feet (~11.4M gallons); total facility capacity reported as ~880,000 bbl / ~37M gal in secondary coverage — primary capacity to be verified against the issued WMGR123 application file. Granted an Air Quality Plan Approval exemption based on a PADEP RFD finding of ~0.28 tons/yr VOC, below the 2.7 tpy de minimis.
  • October 3, 2023 PADEP Notice of Violation — 389,518 gallons of unauthorized Beaver Run Reservoir withdrawal (HQ-CWF receiving water) over 17 days under expired Water Management Plan authorization. Self-reported by CNX July 14, 2023.
  • Slickville Trunkline — original application withdrawn Feb 2024 after PADEP deficiency letters and Three Rivers Waterkeeper objections; reissued permits ESP076523001 (Chapter 102) and E6507244-003 (Chapter 105) appealed Nov 2024 by Protect PT + Three Rivers Waterkeeper.
  • Zediker Station — 1,500-acre former coal mine in Washington Co., marketed via JLL for 500–700 MW of hyperscale capacity with on-site gas generation (Oct 2025).
Combining shale gas with 'remediated mine gas' and characterizing the resulting fuel mix as carbon neutral. The accounting frame addresses global CO₂ inventories; it does not address local air, noise, or water impacts.
02
Gas Operator
HQ · PITTSBURGH, PA

EQT Corporation

Largest U.S. natural gas producer. Exclusive gas supplier to the Homer City Energy Campus per a July 2025 agreement in principle for up to 665,000 MMBTU/day — described by the parties as one of the largest single-site natural gas purchases in North American history. Routed via both Texas Eastern Transmission and Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage for redundancy.

PENNSYLVANIA FOOTPRINT
  • Statewide Marcellus footprint
  • Homer City Energy Campus — up to 665,000 MMBTU/day, agreement in principle (Jul 2025); final contract not yet disclosed
03
Broker
HQ · CHICAGO, IL

JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)

Global commercial real estate brokerage. Marketing Zediker Station and additional PA parcels for data center buildouts on behalf of gas operators.

PENNSYLVANIA FOOTPRINT
  • Zediker Station — 1,500 acres (400 buildable), South Strabane Township, Washington Co.; 500–700 MW capacity; marketed Oct 2025 with CNX as on-site gas supplier
04
Private Equity
HQ · NEW YORK, NY

Blackstone / QTS Realty Trust

Blackstone Inc. acquired QTS for $10 billion in 2021, making QTS one of the largest data center developers in the United States. Active expansion across Pennsylvania.

Blackstone has identified data centers and adjacent power infrastructure as a primary growth theme, with stated capital commitments in the hundreds of billions.
05
Developer / Builder
HQ · INDIANA COUNTY, PA / OMAHA, NE

Homer City Redevelopment + Kiewit

Developing the 4.5-gigawatt Homer City Energy Campus on the 3,200-acre former coal plant site — the largest gas-powered data center project in the United States.

PENNSYLVANIA FOOTPRINT
  • Homer City Energy Campus — 3,200 acres, Indiana County, PA · 7× GE Vernova 7HA.02 turbines · operations now targeted 2028
06
Investment Consortium
HQ · MULTIPLE

Stargate Consortium — OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, MGX

Joint venture announced January 21, 2025 for up to $500 billion in U.S. AI infrastructure buildout. MGX is the Abu Dhabi AI investment vehicle chaired by Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, also the UAE National Security Adviser. Pennsylvania was named in February 2025 by OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar as one of three states under site evaluation; the Sept 2025 five-site expansion (TX×2, NM, OH, MI) did not include PA.

07
Hyperscale End-Buyer
HQ · U.S. — BAY AREA, SEATTLE, AUSTIN

Microsoft · Amazon · Meta · Google · Oracle

End buyers of compute capacity. Combined 2026 capital expenditure on AI and data center infrastructure is projected at $660–690 billion across these five companies (Amazon ~$200B, Alphabet $175–185B, Meta $115–135B, Microsoft $120B+, Oracle $50B), per post-Q4-2025 earnings-call guidance. Big Tech AI capex roughly tripled from 2022 to 2025 ($162B → $448B). Direct-connect agreements with gas-powered and nuclear campuses bypass the regulated retail grid.

For the record

We do not pretend everyone on this list is the same.

The gas operator profits differently than the broker. The broker profits differently than the hyperscaler. The hyperscaler profits differently than the sovereign wealth fund. The trade group lobbies for all of them. We name them in the same place because they are the structural counterparties to our community in this fight.

The land they are bidding on is ours. The water they are planning to draw is ours. The air they are planning to fill with combustion exhaust is ours. The decision about whether they get to do any of this is also ours.

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