The Kraft Group, the conglomerate owned by Robert Kraft, and Unified Global Packaging Group have proposed a data centre campus on Unified’s Parkway property in Sutton, Massachusetts, according to a memorandum from town manager Austin Cyganiewicz to the town’s Select Board. The plan covers 10 buildings of about 250,000 square feet each. The first two would open in 2029, with two more added each year through 2033.
At full build out the campus would draw roughly 900 megawatts and represent more than 16 billion dollars of private investment on the developer’s estimate, with the town’s review putting the full figure near 16.75 billion dollars including servers and electrical systems. The town estimates the completed campus could generate about 27.8 million dollars a year in property tax, against a current assessed value for all property in Sutton of about 2.7 billion dollars.
The proposal is explicitly tentative. No formal application has been filed, and the memorandum leaves the power source, water use, cooling and site impacts unresolved, while noting the developer is in discussions with ISO New England about power. Residents raised noise, water and traffic concerns at the November 10 Select Board meeting, and the town’s timeline runs through community benefits discussions and a town meeting vote in May 2027. The 900 megawatt figure is a full build ambition, not secured load.