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Data center campus · Near Martins Creek Belvidere Highway and Depues Ferry Road, next to the Martins Creek and Lower Mount Bethel power plants, Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Lower Mount Bethel Technology Center

Proposed as of Sept. 14, 2026

Developers working with Talen Energy are seeking to rezone land next to two power plants for a campus they pitched at 1.2 GW and more than $5 billion, then shrank after opposition.

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Power1,200MW reported · stated

Who is behind it

ProjectLower Mount Bethel Technology Center
Developer and teamPeron Development
J.G. Petrucci Company
Talen Energy
End userNone identified (April 2026)

The record, newest first

  1. The state Department of Environmental Protection's data center permit 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. Supervisors were set to receive the rezoning petition for three parcels totaling 284 acres and send it to planning commissions for review. (WFMZ-TV 69 News, Sept. 11, 2026)

  3. The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission's Comprehensive Planning Committee reviewed the township's draft rules making data centers a conditional use in the industrial district. (WFMZ-TV 69 News, Aug. 25, 2026)

  4. The developers revised the plan, dropping about 350 farm acres and filing a map amendment for about 239 acres centered on Depues Ferry Road, including quarry land. (WFMZ-TV 69 News, Aug. 14, 2026)

  5. At a workshop meeting, two supervisors said there was no interest in rezoning agricultural land for data centers; a speaker asked the solicitor to look into a curative amendment for data center rules in the industrial zone. (Lower Mount Bethel Township Board of Supervisors, May 18, 2026)

  6. At a town hall the developers organized, they described a campus of about 450 acres, 1.2 GW and more than $5 billion, with no end user yet. (WFMZ-TV 69 News, April 9, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Rezoning acreage differs: about 239 acres (Aug. 14 WFMZ) vs. 284 acres in three parcels (Sept. 11 WFMZ); one parcel is owned by PPL Electric Utilities, which is not a petitioner.
  • WFMZ links a story saying supervisors unanimously adopted data center Ordinance 2026-01; its date could not be confirmed, so it is not included as an event.
  • Talen is also a partner in the Slate Belt Technology Campus about 12 miles away.

The full record

Status note
A petition to rezone agricultural land to industrial was before the supervisors in September 2026, for referral to the township and Lehigh Valley planning commissions.
Power note
1.2 GW given at the April 2026 town hall for the original plan; no figure was restated after the August revision.
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.