By Rachel Whaley with CoStar AI CoStar Research
Provident Data Centers closed on its purchase of the 228.4-acre Dauphin Highlands Golf Course in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from Dauphin County General Authority for $45.6 million, or approximately $199,616 per acre.
The golf course will close permanently on October 12, 2026, with the site to be redeveloped as a new data center.
The property at 650 S. Harrisburg St. spans land in both Swatara Township and Steelton in central Pennsylvania. The offer from the data center division of Dallas-based Provident Realty was selected from six proposals submitted through a request for proposals process. The purchase price represents approximately 10 times the recorded land value of the property, CoStar confirmed.
Dauphin County General Authority has owned the golf course since 1993. According to the Authority, the golf course has consistently operated at a deficit and was sold as a nonperforming asset. The Authority is expected to pay off the golf course's $13 million debt from the sale proceeds.
Earlier this year, Provident expanded its land holdings in Swatara Township, acquiring additional tracts totaling more than 150 acres on the east side of Route 283, according to county deed records.
Provident Data Centers is led by Founder and CEO Leon Backes and President Jay Hawes. Provident entered the data center industry in 1999 by transforming the former Dallas Northtown Mall into a 140,000-square-foot data center leased to AT&T. The data center developer also has a site in Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania, where it is planning to build a data center.
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