8 data center projects in Archbald Borough
Who decides here: the Borough Council of Archbald Borough votes on zoning. The Lackawanna County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
In Archbald Borough
Wildcat Ridge data center campus (Archbald)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
574 acres
🕒 Sept 10, 2026: Council refused to step aside (recusal) and closed the hearing record after 9 hearings.
ProposedProject Gravity (Archbald)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
186 acres · for A future hyperscale tenant (not named)
🕒 Sept 22, 2026: Corscale (owner since Dec. 2025) said final land development plans would be submitted so…
ProposedProject Green Mountain (Archbald)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
271 acres
🕒 Sept 30, 2026: Hearings set to resume.
ProposedProject Boson (Archbald)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
86 acres
🕒 Dec 2025: Plan merged into one building of about 620,000 square feet ('Project Boson').
ProposedProject Scott (Archbald I LLC, 18 buildings)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
400 acres
🕒 Sept 18, 2026: The Times-Tribune listed Project Scott as denied by Archbald Council and in court agains…
ProposedProject North (Archbald I LLC, 4 buildings near the Jermyn line)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
66 acres
🕒 Sept 18, 2026: The Times-Tribune listed 'Project North' (4 buildings, 66 acres) as applied under Archba…
Status unclearDBT-Data Lackawanna Two, Three and Four sites (Archbald/Jessup)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
355 acres
🕒 Sept 2026: Reported that DBT holds memorandums with SLIBCO for three more sites.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Status unclearPNK Group data centers (Valley View Business Park, Archbald)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
89 acres
🕒 July 2026: PNK began a mail and online campaign about two data centers.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Sunnyside Road data center (Jessup)
Jessup, Lackawanna County
🕒 Sept 25, 2026: News reports said the Sunnyside Road project is 'tied up in litigation' after Council's …
Stopped or cancelledabout 3 miles awayBlakely data center campus
Blakely, Lackawanna County
209 acres
🕒 Sept 12, 2025: Developers withdrew the zoning change request after the borough declined another public …
Proposedabout 4 miles awayDBT-Data Lackawanna One (Jessup)
Jessup, Lackawanna County
39 acres
🕒 Sept 4, 2026: Application filed for a 200,000-square-foot, one-story data center.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 4 miles awayBreaker Street data center campus (Jessup)
Jessup, Lackawanna County
131 acres
🕒 Sept 25, 2026: News reports said Breaker Street Associates LLC, tied to Catalyst Commercial Development…
Status unclearabout 4 miles awayTriboro data center site (Olyphant)
Olyphant, Lackawanna County
🕒 April 14, 2026: Borough Council declared its zoning invalid for leaving out data centers, giving itself …
Proposedabout 5 miles awayDickson City Development data center (Bell Mountain)
Dickson City, Lackawanna County
🕒 Sept 18, 2026: The Times-Tribune listed the Bell Mountain project (4 buildings) as denied by the zoning…
Archbald Borough Council. We don't know yet if Wildcat Ridge data center campus (Archbald) is on the agenda. Call the office to check before you go.
Local votes and rules
📌 Other
Archbald Borough Council finished hearings on the Wildcat Ridge data center campus, which would have 14 large buildings on more than 500 acres. Council refused the developer's request that members step aside for bias. A written decision is due within 45 days of the last hearing.
📌 Other · Lackawanna County
Lackawanna County commissioners voted unanimously to hire EmPower Analytics Group for $165,000. Over 90 days the firm will study the pollution and health effects of more than a dozen proposed data center campuses and power plants in the county.
✋ Turned down
Archbald Borough Council voted down a plan by Texas-based Provident Realty Advisors (Archbald 1 LLC) for a data center complex with 18 computer buildings. About 200 residents came to the special meeting to oppose it.
📌 Other
After months of complaints about how data center plans were handled, Archbald Borough Council removed its president, vice president, and president pro tem from those leadership roles. A new council president was chosen.
⚖️ Court case
Eight Archbald residents asked the county court to throw out the borough's new data center zoning law. They say the borough skipped required steps like proper notice and planning review. They also say the law lets data centers go in more places and be taller and louder.
📜 Data center rules
Archbald Borough Council voted 4-2, with one member not voting, to add data center rules to its zoning law. The rules create data center overlay zones in four areas of the borough. Many residents spoke against it, and an earlier try in October failed.
📌 Other
Archbald Borough Council met to vote on new data center zoning rules, but the plan died because no one seconded the motion. Residents saw this as a win. Council later passed the rules in November 2025.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Archbald Borough. - Go to borough 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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Who is the end user (tenant)?
- How much water will it really use each day, and from where?
- Will new high-voltage power lines be built, and who pays for them?
- Was a secret deal (NDA) signed with any official?
- On what date will Borough Council vote?
- Will the Wildcat Ridge developer apply to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to use mine pool water, and who pays for the $93 million in water upgrades?
- Who is the tenant?
- How many megawatts of power will it use?
- Has it applied for an air permit for its diesel generators?
- Why was it removed from the state Fast Track program?
- Was a secret deal (NDA) signed?
- Has Project Gravity applied to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission? (Water lost to evaporation above 20,000 gallons a day needs SRBC approval.)
- Who is the end user?
- Who owns Green Mountain 6 LLC?
- How loud will 196 diesel generators be for neighbors?
- When will hearings end and council vote?
- Was a secret deal (NDA) signed?
- What is the current approval status?
- How much power and water will it use?
- Who is the end user?
- What will the court decide on the appeal?
- Is a second application under the older 2023 zoning still alive?
- Who would the end user be?
- How much power and water would it use?
- When will Archbald decide on the Project North zoning permits?
- Has DBT filed any plans for these sites?
- Did SLIBCO or the county sign a secret deal (NDA)?
- Has PNK filed a data center application?
- How much power and water would it use?