Lackawanna County

Updates, newest first

1. Oct. 20, 2026 Project Scott (Archbald I LLC, Provident Realty Advisors) · DEP's tracker lists the project as proposed, with no permit applications received. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026)
2. Oct. 20, 2026 Project Gravity (Archbald 25 Developer LLC) · The state Department of Environmental Protection's data center permit tracker lists 5 environmental permit or authorization entries for the project: 2 pending, 3 not yet submitted. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026)
3. Oct. 20, 2026 Wildcat Ridge data center campus · DEP's tracker lists the project as proposed, with no permit applications received. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026)
4. Oct. 20, 2026 Project Green Mountain (Green Mountain 6 LLC) · DEP's tracker lists the project as proposed, with no permit applications received. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026)
5. Oct. 20, 2026 Gouldsboro data center campus (1778 Rich Pike LLC) · DEP's tracker lists the project as proposed, with no permit applications received. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026)
6. Aug. 19, 2026 Gouldsboro data center campus (1778 Rich Pike LLC) · Lackawanna County Judge Mark Powell voided Clifton Township's earlier data center ordinance. (WVIA News, Aug. 21, 2026)
7. July 17, 2026 Gouldsboro data center campus (1778 Rich Pike LLC) · The developer filed a substantive validity challenge with a curative amendment against Clifton's zoning. (WVIA News, Aug. 21, 2026)
8. May 14, 2026 Wildcat Ridge data center campus · Another public session on the project was held, with no council vote reported. (Resilience (from CASSE), June 16, 2026)
9. April 27, 2026 Project Gravity (Archbald 25 Developer LLC) · The Shapiro administration removed Project Gravity from Fast Track, citing the developer's lack of responsiveness and transparency. (WVIA News, May 1, 2026)
10. April 24, 2026 Project Scott (Archbald I LLC, Provident Realty Advisors) · Archbald I LLC took the council's decision to court in a land use appeal. (Resilience (from CASSE), June 16, 2026)
11. March 28, 2026 Project Green Mountain (Green Mountain 6 LLC) · Archbald had held a second conditional use hearing on the seven-building plan, with a third to come. (WBRE/WYOU 28/22 News, March 28, 2026)
12. March 27, 2026 Project Scott (Archbald I LLC, Provident Realty Advisors) · At a special meeting, council voted down the 18-building conditional use application before a deemed-approval deadline. (DeSmog, March 31, 2026; WBRE/WYOU 28/22 News, March 28, 2026)
13. March 10, 2026 Wildcat Ridge data center campus · Archbald's conditional use hearing on the 14-building campus drew a crowd and was continued. (FOX56, March 10, 2026)
14. Jan. 2, 2026 Gouldsboro data center campus (1778 Rich Pike LLC) · Clifton Township supervisors approved a settlement with the developer covering three properties. (WVIA News, Aug. 21, 2026)
15. Nov. 24, 2025 Project Scott (Archbald I LLC, Provident Realty Advisors) · Archbald council voted 5-2 to create a data center overlay district requiring council approval of data centers. (DeSmog, March 31, 2026; Resilience (from CASSE), June 16, 2026)
16. Oct. 24, 2025 Project Gravity (Archbald 25 Developer LLC) · Earliest environmental permit application listed for the project on DEP's data center permit tracker submitted. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026)
17. Oct. 2025 Project Scott (Archbald I LLC, Provident Realty Advisors) · The developer's first application covered 22 buildings on two sites. (DeSmog, March 31, 2026)
18. Sept. 22, 2025 Project Gravity (Archbald 25 Developer LLC) · The state Office of Transformation and Opportunity accepted the project into its Fast Track permitting program. (WVIA News, May 1, 2026)

Statewide

Pennsylvania exempts computer data center equipment from state sales and use tax for certified data centers (Act 84 of 2016, amended by Act 13 of 2019 and Act 25 of 2021; the up-front exemption began Jan. 1, 2022), run by the Department of Revenue; Spotlight PA reported the exemption is projected to cost about $2 billion by mid-2031. (Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, Oct. 20, 2026; Spotlight PA, July 20, 2026) The Public Utility Commission adopted a model large-load tariff on April 30, 2026 and issued its final order May 13, 2026 (Docket M-2025-3054271): guidance for utilities on customers over 50 MW (or 100 MW combined), with cost responsibility, collateral, six-month interconnection studies and public queue information. (Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, May 13, 2026) Executive Order 2026-05 (Aug. 18, 2026) set the governor's GRID standards for data centers, requires local approvals before DEP reviews permits, bars state nondisclosure agreements with developers, ordered a public permit map and ended Fast Track eligibility for data center projects. (Barley Snyder, Aug. 19, 2026) DEP's Data Center Permit Tracker, created under that order, listed 73 project entries on Oct. 20, 2026 (some projects appear more than once), with 375 permit rows; most proposals have filed no permits yet. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 20, 2026) The 2026-27 budget (July 2026) added a requirement that data centers using more than 10 MW report their energy and water use; local moratorium bills (SB 1345, 18 months; a House six-month bill; SB 1359, a three-year statewide pause) had not reached the governor. (Spotlight PA, July 20, 2026; Broadband Breakfast, July 21, 2026; Altoona Mirror, June 30, 2026) Constellation is restarting the 835 MW Crane Clean Energy Center (former Three Mile Island Unit 1) in Dauphin County for Microsoft under a 20-year power deal, targeting the second half of 2027; FERC granted an interconnection-rights waiver in June 2026. (Mugglehead, June 4, 2026) Pennsylvania data centers →