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KRNL Data Centers approached New Castle Township officials about rezoning an 89-acre conservation tract near Frackville to allow for data center construction. The property is currently owned by Mount Laurel Enterprises and sits behind Broad Mountain Health & Rehabilitation Center near Frackville's Laurel Street residential area. Though no formal plans have been filed, the proposed complex would reportedly consist of multiple buildings rising above the tree line. The decision on whether to approve the project would rests with New Castle Township supervisors.

Fairview Crossroads LLC proposes a ~750,000 sq ft, ~$500M data center in Fairview Township. On June 28, the Board of Supervisors approved a zoning ordinance change to allow data centers as a conditional use.

Blakely Borough officials have responded to the withdrawn AI data center proposal by advancing a zoning amendment that will tightly regulate any future projects of that kind. The Borough Council voted unanimously to advertise the amendment, which confines data centers to a specific overlay district in the northwest corner of town above Business Route 6 and west of Scott Road, extending to the borough’s border with Dickson City and Scott Township. The amendment makes data centers conditional uses within that district and imposes nearly three dozen requirements before approval, including environmental, health, and sound studies—covering both audible and low-frequency noise—conducted at the developer’s expense by qualified professionals selected by the borough. Data centers will be limited to 40 feet in height, prohibited from generating on-site power, and required to occupy at least 20 acres with setbacks of 300 feet from property lines and roads and 200 feet from water bodies or wetlands. Developers must receive electrical power exclusively from Blakely Borough Electric Light Company, reimburse the borough for all related engineering and service expenses, allow quarterly inspections, and participate in emergency response training while supplying any necessary fire-suppression equipment. Other requirements include implementing water-conservation technologies such as closed-loop cooling systems, submitting all state and federal environmental permits, and following strict fencing, lighting, and vegetation standards to minimize visual impact. The amendment also defines data centers and related infrastructure, regulates energy-storage facilities, and adds zoning for short-term rentals. A public hearing on the ordinance is scheduled for November 17 at the Borough Building, with council expected to vote immediately afterward. The developers of the proposed Blakely Data Center have withdrawn their application for a zoning change after being denied the chance to present revised plans at a public meeting. While the data center itself will no longer move forward, the property will still be developed under existing zoning rules. Planned work includes tree removal, construction of a meadow-style pad for material storage, and site remediation. The developers expressed regret over missed opportunities from the canceled data center project, which they said could have generated over $119 million annually in fees for Blakely Electric, more than $2.2 million in local property taxes, created around 500 construction jobs, offered permanent high-paying positions, and funded environmental improvements such as landfill removal and mine reclamation. A local businessman had sought to rezone roughly 121 acres in Blakely from R-1 low-density residential to allow an AI data center campus with four two-story, 70-foot-tall buildings totaling about 300,000 square feet and requiring up to 1.5 GW of power—equal to the output of the Lackawanna Energy Center. The site was once planned for residential and commercial use and would have been the fifth data center proposal in the Valley View School District. The land lies within a federal opportunity zone and is eligible for $7 million in mine land reclamation funding. Blakely operates its own electric distribution system and continues to evaluate feasibility for potential future development.

Pennhurst Holdings LLC has proposed a new project to convert the former Pennhurst State School and Hospital property into a 1.3-million-square-foot data center campus. The application and preliminary site sketches detail five two-story data center buildings, a potential solar field, and an electrical substation. Township officials have confirmed that data centers are permitted under the property’s mixed-use-industrial zoning. As of mid February, the East Vincent Township Planning Commission recommended the township's board of supervisors deny the project, siting "technical deficiencies" and a failture to comply with the township's zoning ordinance. In mid March, the developer resubmitted their conditional use application, which includes an increase of data center square footage from the originally planned 1.3M to 1.9M and adds power generation. \n As of May 22, 2026, the East Vincent Board of Supervisors voted (3-0) to reject the conditional use application, citing non-compliance with zoning issues, unaddressed environmental concerns, and impact to quality of life. It is likely a legal battle will ensue due to the rejection.

A developer has proposed a multi-building project consisting of data center facilities, an electrical substation, a hotel, and restaurant uses on approximately 91.96 acres of land. A submitted sketch plan illustrates the anticipated future land development for Phases 1B, 2A, and 2B of the Smithfield Gateway project. The plan proposes two data center buildings of approximately 125,000 square feet each (approximately 500,000 square feet of gross floor area in total), a power substation, a 110-room hotel, and two standalone restaurant buildings. The project would be developed across parcels 16.8.2.7 and 16.8.2.7-2, as roughly depicted by the project's map boundary.

Prologis, an industrial real estate investment trust, received unanimous approval in March 2026 to convert a 1,011,808 square foot warehouse they own into a data center at 2500 Liberty Drive. The building was approved for warehouse use in 2016 and completed in 2023, but never occupied. The end tenant is currently undisclosed. The facility will use a closed-loop cooling system, has a privately funded electrical infrastructure including a private substation, and will incorporate solar panels, although no capacity figures have been publicly disclosed. The project is expected to employ between 100 and 120 people.

Inch & Co. and Eastern Land & Resources Co. are proposing a $1.7 billion data center on 99 acres adjacent to the 911 Rapid Response building in South Annville. The developer has stated that the proposal is still in the early conceptual stage, so exact capacity and water usage details are not yet known, however, five buildings are expected to be constructed, and they would emit between 45-55 decibels. This proposal also sits adjacent to a much larger industrial complex, DHL's Clear Spring Logistics Park, which will house multiple warehouses. The property is zoned I-1 (industrial) and C-1 (commercial), and the township has set out three requirements for the project. Among them, the conversion of 15 industrial acres to agricultural use, both to protect an eagle nest in the southwest corner of the property and to offset 13 acres being rezoned from agricultural to industrial. \n As of May 2026, the developers have withdrawn this proposal following considerable community opposition.

CoreWeave committed up to $6 billion to build a 100 MW to 300 MW frontier AI data center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania co-developed with Chirisa Technology Parks and Machine Investment Group.