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Data center campus · 450-acre former coal tract west of Natalie, Mount Carmel Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Mount Carmel Township data center (Natalie coal-land tract)

Proposed as of Sept. 24, 2025

Mount Carmel Township rezoned a 450-acre coal tract near Natalie and adopted a data center overlay while Virtual Consonance studies a data center there.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site450acres

Who is behind it

ProjectMount Carmel Township data center (Natalie coal-land tract)
Developer and teamVirtual Consonance
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 a Mount Carmel Township data center as proposed with no applications received (four permits not yet submitted). (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 31, 2026; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Oct. 31, 2026)

  2. About 400 people packed a hearing on an amended data center ordinance, with many speakers calling it too weak and some seeking a moratorium. (The News-Item, May 13, 2026)

  3. Supervisors adopted a data center overlay and rezoned the 450-acre tract from R-1 residential to the S-2 special coal lands district; a speaker at the hearing put full build-out at about 5 million sq ft. (The News-Item, Sept. 24, 2025)

  4. A Mount Carmel-area developer said a data center on the 450-acre Natalie site could bring about 1,500 jobs. (The News-Item (via Ground News), July 24, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The DEP entry (#10000070) is 'UnsubmittedUnlocated'; its point is likely a township placeholder. Linking it to the Natalie tract is our inference from location.
  • 5 million sq ft was a full build-out figure given by a speaker (named Lapotsky/Lapinsky in the text; role unclear) at the Sept. 2025 hearing, not a filing; sqft left blank. Power not reported.
  • PJM's Sept. 17, 2026 PPL need PPL-2026-0029/0048 describes an unnamed customer near Mt. Carmel requesting about 2,000 MW by 2033; no source ties it to this project, so it is not cited.
  • The outcome of the May 2026 vote on the amended ordinance was not found.
  • The News-Item (Sept. 2025) names Jeff Molesevic as the landowner and project developer and Virtual Consonance as the company studying the site.

The full record

Status note
The township rezoned the tract and adopted a data center overlay; no land development plan had been filed.
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.