1 data center project in Clifton Township
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Clifton Township votes on zoning. The Lackawanna County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
In Clifton Township
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Pocono 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.
Proposedabout 10 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
Status unclearabout 14 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 14 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…
Proposedabout 14 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
Status unclearabout 15 miles awayPlains Township data center site (KSR)
Plains Township, Luzerne County
🕒 Sept 22, 2026: Packed hearing on a 592-acre Energy and Technology Overlay District. Land purchases in t…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Clifton Township Board of Supervisors. Anyone can come and speak.
Local votes and rules
📌 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.
⚖️ Court case
A Lackawanna County judge voided Clifton Township's data center zoning after challenges from the Project Gold developer. The township is now working on new data center rules.
📜 Data center rules
After the court ruling, Clifton Township is drafting new data center rules. The draft includes a 100-foot buffer, a limit that kicks in for heavy water use, and a plan for removing buildings when a data center closes. Residents asked for bigger buffers and a 35-foot height limit.
🤝 Agreement with the company
Clifton Township supervisors unanimously approved a legal settlement with the Project Gold developer. It allows five two-story data center buildings on three sites along Route 380. More than 100 residents came to oppose it, and some promised to sue.
⚖️ Court case
The Project Gold developer, 1778 Rich Pike LLC, appealed the zoning board's ruling to county court. It argued the township's rules really did block data centers. In August 2026 a county judge voided the township's data center zoning.
📌 Other
Clifton Township's zoning board unanimously ruled that the township's data center rules were legal and did not unfairly shut out data centers. This rejected a challenge from the Project Gold developer.
✋ Turned down
Clifton Township supervisors voted 2-1 against a legal settlement with the developer of Project Gold, a planned campus of about 30 data center buildings. The deal would have allowed two data center buildings in residential areas.
📜 Data center rules
Clifton Township supervisors adopted data center zoning rules after a developer claimed the township's zoning left no room for data centers. The developer said the new rules were too strict. A county judge voided the township's data center zoning in August 2026.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Clifton 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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How many megawatts will the campus use in total?
- Who is the end user?
- Will new high-voltage power lines be needed?
- What happened to the Covington Township part of the plan?
- What is the status of residents' challenge to the settlement?