1 data center project in Dickson City Borough
Who decides here: the Borough Council of Dickson City Borough votes on zoning. The Lackawanna County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
In Dickson City Borough
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Blakely data center campus
Blakely, Lackawanna County
209 acres
🕒 Sept 12, 2025: Developers withdrew the zoning change request after the borough declined another public …
Proposedabout 3 miles awayWildcat 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.
Status unclearabout 3 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 4 miles awayScranton Materials data center campus (Ransom Township)
Ransom Township, Lackawanna County
251 acres
🕒 Sept 3, 2026: News reports said the developer's second lawsuit (asking a judge to rule on the zoning) …
Approved, not built yetabout 4 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 5 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
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.
✋ Turned down
Dickson City's Zoning Hearing Board unanimously rejected a developer's challenge to the borough's data center rules. The developer argued the manufacturing zone lacks power lines and space. The fight now moves to county court.
⚖️ Court case
The developer Dickson City Development LLC asked the county court to cancel Dickson City's new data center zoning law. The company calls the rules exclusionary because they block its Bell Mountain project.
📜 Data center rules
Dickson City Borough Council voted unanimously to allow data centers only in its light manufacturing (M1) zone, and only with a special exception from the zoning board. Data centers are not allowed in homes or open-space zones. This came after a developer proposed a big campus on Bell Mountain.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Dickson City 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
- How much power would it use?
- What will the county court decide?
- Who is the end user?