Sunnyside Road data center (Sunnyside Road Associates LLC)
A second Catalyst-linked data center in Jessup, about 487,000 sq ft beside the Lackawanna Energy Center gas plant, awaiting a zoning hearing.
Who is behind it
The record, newest first
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)
FOX56 reported that a Jessup zoning hearing on a 487,000 sq ft data center (matching the Sunnyside plan's size) seeking to raise its height limit from 50 to 90 feet was postponed at the applicant's request; no new date was set. (FOX56 (WOLF), March 23, 2026)
Jessup council minutes recorded the Sunnyside Road Associates plan as on hold pending a March 23, 2026 zoning hearing. (Jessup Borough Council, March 4, 2026)
Catalyst Commercial Development filed a land development application, dated Aug. 13, for a 487,000 sq ft data center near Sunnyside Road and Alberigi Drive (obtained by a reporter through a Right to Know request). (Yahoo News (syndicated local report; originating outlet and byline not shown), undated)
Conflicts and open questions
- Under 50 MW as far as public records show (no figure given); recorded because a municipal record and DEP both list it.
The full record
- Status note
- Borough minutes put the land development plan on hold pending a zoning hearing; that March 23, 2026 hearing, reported as a request to raise the height limit to 90 feet, was postponed with no new date. No later outcome found.
- Power note
- No power or acreage figure public; size is under the 50 MW / 100-acre scope threshold as far as known.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)