NorthPoint Tresckow Mountain data center
NorthPoint bought about 1,400 acres on Tresckow Mountain in Carbon County and pitched a data center campus to wary residents. Also known as: Spring Mountain Quakake Tunnel, Spring Mountain / Quakake Tunnel.
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)
About 150 people attended a NorthPoint information session in Tresckow; the company said it would seek a zoning overlay rather than a rezoning, so the land would keep its conservation zoning if the project did not proceed. (Times News (tnonline.com), Oct. 1, 2025)
Banks Township supervisors confirmed NorthPoint had bought about 1,400 acres on Tresckow Mountain; most is zoned conservation. (Times News (tnonline.com), Aug. 20, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
- Acreage differs: 1,400 acres (August 2025 report) vs. 1,200 acres (October 2025 report).
- Meeting dates inferred from 'Monday night' and 'Tuesday night' in the reports.
The full record
- Status note
- NorthPoint held public information sessions and said it would seek a zoning overlay; no formal filing was found, and DEP lists no permit applications.
- Power note
- No power figure published in the sources reviewed.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)