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Fort Cherry, Pennsylvania

Washington County · West Penn Power territory · PJM Interconnection

A grid and gas site in PJM delivering a anchor at first power, with a contractual path to behind the meter.

Anchorfirst phase
Path toper site
First powergrid plus gas
Landunder control, 1,010 ha (2,496 ac) path
StructureApollo · NVIDIA
PowerWest Penn Power · PJM
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Position

The anchor and speed site in the portfolio. Behind the meter gas on Appalachian supply carries the campus to its full without waiting on the grid, and firm supply from West Penn Power arrives underneath it as redundancy rather than as a dependency. That is what makes this the first site to reach capacity. PJM is the deepest large load queue in the country, which is precisely why a site that does not need to clear it first is worth holding. West Penn Power is a FirstEnergy operating company, the same parent that serves Mansfield, so the two sites sit inside one utility relationship across two states rather than two separate ones. Waste heat is a value add to partners on site.

Fort Cherry campus, aerial
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Site and control

Current optionsLOI secured, anchor parcel
Path to, additionalAdjacent parcels in negotiation
InstrumentPower purchase agreement not executedPPA pending
ZoningData center with on site gasIn pathway
Development agreementMunicipal, in negotiationIn negotiation
DiligenceSite, power and titleLive
03

Power and energization

A phased behind the meter gas build on Appalachian supply carries the campus to full capacity, with firm grid supply from West Penn Power arriving underneath it. A temporary mobile fleet carries the anchor ahead of the permanent plant, so revenue begins before the campus completes.

contracted path · P1 anchor · P2 gas · P3 full ·

Rent commences per phase on delivery of the applicable premises. 300 MW is the full site. P2 is an intermediate step and does not appear as a cover milestone.

Grid supply

West Penn Power at the substation. Arrives under the gas ramp.

online Q4 2028
Behind the meter

Phased gas on Appalachian supply.

by Q3 2028
Fast start

Mobile fleet bridges to permanent gas.

carries anchor, retires Q2 2028
Efficiency

PUE

Alongside ERE . Heat recovery first, dry cooler for the balance.

design basis
04 · Interconnection
MarketPJM Interconnection
UtilityWest Penn Power
Load studyIn study
Grid supply
Distribution
ReversibilityBidirectional
05 · Fuel and generation
GenerationGas, behind the meter
Supply basinAppalachian
Gas lateral
Firm transport
Commodity$ per MMBtu
StatusIn diligence
06 · Permitting and entitlement
Air permit
Siting
Development agreementIn negotiation
Financial close
07 · Water and cooling
Cooling pathHeat recovery, dry cooler for the balance
Cooling water m3 per day
Source
AllocationClosing condition
08

Deployment schedule

Q3 2026
Land control and LOI targeted
Anchor parcel under LOI, path defined.
Q3 2026
Long lead compute hall equipment order placed
Blocks reserved against a frozen design.
Q4 2026
Conditional PPA and option review targeted
Conditional PPA agreed, option reviewed on confirmation.
Q2 2027
Load study returned, financial close and notice to proceed
Apollo drawn, NVIDIA parent guarantee in place, engine orders placed.
Q1 2028
Anchor energized
Mobile fleet carries 60 MW, first revenue begins.
Q2 2028
Second phase online
180 MW on behind the meter gas, mobile fleet retires.
Q3 2028
Full site capacity
300 MW on behind the meter gas.
Q4 2028
Firm grid energized
250 MW from West Penn Power, redundancy to the gas plant.
09

Capital and deal structure

Offtaker
Anthropic
Phased lease, rent per phase
Developer
MicroLink SPV
Overall site developer
Capital
Apollo
Private credit, off books
Credit wrap
NVIDIA
Parent guarantee on rent
Power partner
West Penn Power
Grid supply and gas generation

Apollo's commitment is contingent on a locked site and a locked customer, so the Anthropic offtake and this campus together are the trigger.

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Economics

MetricBasisFigure
Contracted lease valueFull path, base term
Implied rentPer critical IT MW per year
Development costShell, power, cooling, land, network, on site generation
SiliconTenant funded, excludedTenant
Net operating income marginAt scale, net of operating cost
Yield on costAt full path, indicative
Anchor drawApollo first phase

Indicative · terms not set · portfolio standard assumptions, site model on request

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Risks and caveats

LiveDiligence open. Site, power and title diligence is live and several rows on this page are unconfirmed until it closes.
LiveConditional PPA. The power purchase agreement is conditional and the final option review is gated on confirmation from Anthropic.
OpenPJM load study. The utility load study has not returned, and the study result gates the firm grid figure and the energization date.
OpenGas scope. Generation scope, lateral cost and firm transport are in diligence and sit on the critical path for the permanent ramp.
OpenEntitlement. Zoning and the development agreement are closing conditions, and the local political context is a timeline risk.