No project in Jefferson Township, but 19 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Jefferson Township votes on zoning. The Lackawanna County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Breaker 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…
Approved, not built yetabout 3 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 3 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 3 miles awayProject Green Mountain (Archbald)
Archbald, Lackawanna County
271 acres
🕒 Sept 30, 2026: Hearings set to resume.
Proposedabout 4 miles awayProject 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…
Status unclearabout 4 miles awayPNK 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
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.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Jefferson 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.