Dominion Energy’s plans to co-locate a data center with the only nuclear power plant in Connecticut are currently on hold as the utility approaches an opportunity to renew its power purchase agreement (PPA) for the site.

Susan Adams, spokesperson for the Millstone Power Station, told NPM that Dominion is looking to renew its current power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Waterford-based power plant. The current PPA is for a 10-year period with Eversource Energy, which is contracted to receive 50% of the power produced from the nuclear plant.

Adams said the company is hoping to enter into a new PPA before the expiration. She said the future negotiations will include other New England states, “and potentially include more of our output.”

Millstone produces a total of 2,100 MW from two pressurized water reactors.

Dominion was previously in talks to co-locate a data center with the Millstone Power Station. The strategy was discussed in previous earnings presentations this year, in which CEO Bob Blue said the company signed an MOU with NE Edge to build a 1.6 million-square-foot, nuclear-powered campus.

If the project comes to fruition, the hyperscale data campus would be located halfway between New York City and Boston. However, the conversation with investors on February 12 did not indicate movement on the project.

But Adams told NPM on November 25 that the plans to co-locate a data center are “currently on hold.”

Previous reports from Waterford newspaper, The Day, state that Dominion has had trouble obtaining approval to move the project forward from local governing bodies.