No project in Packer Township, but 8 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Packer Township votes on zoning. The Carbon County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
NorthPoint data center on Tresckow Mountain (Banks and Packer townships)
Banks Township, Carbon County
1,200 acres
🕒 Sept 30, 2025: NorthPoint met the public in Tresckow. About 150 people came; many said they do not want…
Proposedabout 3 miles awayKeel Infrastructure Panther Creek / Carbon Node East data center (Nesquehoning)
Nesquehoning, Carbon County
🕒 Aug 21, 2026: Keel said the closed-loop cooling system would need about 700,000 gallons to fill at the…
Approved, not built yetabout 7 miles awayAmazon (AWS) Kline Township campus
Kline Township, Schuylkill County
346 acres · for Amazon
🕒 Sept 30, 2026: At a special meeting, township supervisors voted unanimously to approve Amazon's data ce…
Stopped or cancelledabout 8 miles awayWest Hazleton data center site (behind Valmont Shopping Plaza)
West Hazleton, Luzerne County
🕒 Dec 2025: Reported as withdrawn.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 9 miles awayProject Hazelnut (NorthPoint, Hazle Township)
Hazle Township, Luzerne County
1,280 acres · for Amazon Web Services (reported)
🕒 Sept 2026: NorthPoint sent letters to about 4,500 households about the $10,000 offer. Many resident…
Proposedabout 11 miles awayPenn 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 …
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Packer 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.