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Data center campus · South side of Breaker Street between Hill Street and the Casey Highway, Jessup Borough, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Breaker Street data center campus (Breaker Street Associates LLC)

Denied as of Dec. 23, 2025

A six-building, 600 MW campus on 131 acres in Jessup was refused zoning relief because its planned substation would sit on residentially zoned land.

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Power600MW reported · stated
Floor area1,070,000sq ft
Site131acres

Who is behind it

ProjectBreaker Street data center campus (Breaker Street Associates LLC)
Developer and teamCatalyst Commercial Development (through Breaker Street Associates LLC)
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. DEP's tracker lists the project as proposed, with no permit applications received. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 31, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 31, 2026)

  2. The zoning hearing board voted 5-0 to reject the appeal, finding the substation was neither an accessory use in the residential zone nor a public utility facility; the written decision is dated Jan. 2. (Yahoo News (syndicated local report; originating outlet and byline not shown), undated)

  3. The zoning hearing board heard the developer's appeal, which argued the substation was an accessory or public utility use. (WBRE/WYOU 28/22 News, Nov. 19, 2025; Yahoo News (syndicated local report; originating outlet and byline not shown), undated)

  4. Borough council adopted a data center overlay ordinance; applications filed earlier stayed under the old zoning. (The Times-Tribune (via Yahoo News), Aug. 22, 2025)

  5. Jessup's zoning officer denied the application because the planned substation was on residentially zoned land. (Yahoo News (syndicated local report; originating outlet and byline not shown), undated; WBRE/WYOU 28/22 News, Nov. 19, 2025)

  6. Breaker Street Associates applied for six data center buildings totaling about 1.07 million sq ft on 131 acres, drawing 600 MW. (The Times-Tribune (via Yahoo News), Aug. 22, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The denial report is a syndicated Yahoo News page with no visible date or outlet; the Dec. 23 date is the board's vote as stated there (year inferred from the Nov. 18, 2025 hearing).
  • DEP marks the location as unlocated; coordinates are approximate.

The full record

Status note
The Jessup Zoning Hearing Board unanimously denied the developer's appeal; any court appeal was not found in the sources reviewed.
Power note
600 MW as given in the zoning application (reported).
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.