No project in Kidder Township, but 4 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Kidder Township votes on zoning. The Carbon County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Penn Forest Township data center (Route 903 and Maury Road)
Penn Forest Township, Carbon County
750 acres
🕒 Aug 2026: The zoning board threw out a separate challenge to the data center ordinance because no …
Proposedabout 8 miles awayPennsylvania Glacial Till data center overlay (Tobyhanna Township)
Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County
520 acres
🕒 April 16, 2026: Zoning Hearing Board continued a hearing on residents' challenge that the overlay is ill…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 8 miles awayPocono Manor data center (Pocono Manor Investors, Tobyhanna Township)
Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County
🕒 Dec 11, 2025: Tobyhanna Township supervisors voted on a data center ordinance for Pocono Manor.
Approved, not built yetabout 15 miles awayProject Gold (Clifton Township, Gouldsboro)
Clifton Township, Lackawanna County
1,000 acres
🕒 Aug 20, 2026: Judge ruled the township's old data center zoning law void; the settlement stays in effe…
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Kidder Township adopted a data center ordinance. The draft allowed data centers, including crypto mining and server farms, only as a conditional use in the Business/Light Industrial district, on at least 20 acres, with a 500-foot setback and sound studies.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Kidder Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
PPL Electric Utilities Corp. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Pennsylvania.