No project in Covington Township, but 14 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Covington Township votes on zoning. The Lackawanna County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Project 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…
Proposedabout 11 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 11 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 11 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 …
Approved, not built yetabout 12 miles awaySunnyside 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 …
Proposedabout 12 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.
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.
📜 Data center rules
Covington Township supervisors approved a zoning change that allows data centers in the rural township. A developer plans a campus of 25 to 30 buildings on about 500 acres along Interstate 380 in Covington and Clifton townships. Many residents opposed it.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Covington 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.