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Data center campus · South of Flat Rock Road, western Clinton Township near Browndale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Linde data center and Forest City Energy Center

Proposed as of July 2026

Linde Corporation proposes 20 data center buildings and two gas plants on about 680 acres in Clinton Township, which adopted a moratorium on new data center applications. Also known as: Forest City Energy Center LLC.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site682acres

Who is behind it

ProjectLinde data center and Forest City Energy CenterAlso: Forest City Energy Center LLC
Developer and teamLinde Corporation
Forest City Energy Center LLC (option holder pursuing the power plant)
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. Board chairman Mark Lopatofsky resigned, citing his wife's illness and criticism over the data center debate; residents had questioned his son's ownership stake in an engineering firm, whose representatives said it had no current Linde projects. (WVIA News, July 17, 2026)

  3. The planning commission accepted the resubmitted plan for formal review, setting a Sept. 28 decision deadline. (Radio Catskill, July 28, 2026)

  4. The planning commission found the application incomplete and sent it back. (Radio Catskill, June 4, 2026; The Keystone Newsroom (USA Today Network), June 9, 2026)

  5. Linde submitted land development plans; the same day supervisors enacted a six-month moratorium on accepting data center applications. (The River Reporter (republished by Radio Catskill), May 29, 2026; The Keystone Newsroom (USA Today Network / Tri-County Independent), May 20, 2026; The Keystone Newsroom (USA Today Network), June 9, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Acreage differs: 682-acre campus (plans, per River Reporter and WVIA), nearly 700 (Radio Catskill), 743 acres (Keystone Newsroom, May 2026), and a 520-acre campus within 662 acres (Keystone Newsroom, June 2026).
  • Building size differs: 118,000 sq ft each (River Reporter, WVIA) vs. 18,000 sq ft per data hall (Keystone Newsroom).
  • Resignation date inferred from the WVIA report of July 17, 2026.
  • Decision by the Sept. 28 deadline not found; check before publishing.

The full record

Status note
The planning commission accepted the resubmitted plan for review in early July 2026, starting a 90-day clock to Sept. 28; the outcome was not found in the sources reviewed.
Power note
No power figure published; plans include two natural gas generation facilities.
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.