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2 data center projects in Allentown City

Who decides here: the City Council of Allentown City votes on zoning. The Lehigh County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.

In Allentown City

Proposed

Quantm Group data center (2401 W. Emaus Ave., Allentown)

Allentown, Lehigh County

14 acres

🕒 Sept 2026: The Lehigh County Authority, which runs Allentown's public water, said a data center wil…

Proposed

J.G. Petrucci data center (1024 N. Bradford St., Allentown)

Allentown, Lehigh County

🕒 Sept 23, 2026: Regional planners said the plan is missing cooling, water, power and noise details.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Proposedabout 5 miles away

Project Atlas (Edged, South Whitehall Township)

South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County

410 acres

🕒 July 9, 2026: New three-building plan (about 1.5 million sq ft, 725 MW) presented; township engineer d…

Proposedabout 7 miles away

Industrial Drive data center (2184 Industrial Drive, Bethlehem)

Bethlehem, Northampton County

7 acres

🕒 Sept 2026: Bethlehem planning commission review; regional planners offered conditional support.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Approved, not built yetabout 7 miles away

Prologis Lehigh Valley East 16 warehouse-to-data-center (Allen Township)

Allen Township, Northampton County

🕒 April 21, 2026: The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission said it could not fully review the plan and asked …

Stopped or cancelledabout 8 miles away

Air Products Cetronia Road data center (Upper Macungie Township)

Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County

194 acres

🕒 Aug 11, 2026: Air Products dropped the project.

Being builtabout 10 miles away

TierPoint TekPark data center expansion (Breinigsville, Upper Macungie Township)

Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County

137 acres · for TierPoint customers (colocation)

🕒 Aug 2026: DEP asked for public comment on a stormwater permit for PPL's new Breinigsville-Tek Park…

Proposedabout 14 miles away

Undisclosed data center (Hanover Land Development site, Upper Hanover Township)

Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Local votes and rules

📜 Data center rules

Allentown City Council introduced a bill that would allow data centers only in industrial zones.

March 2026Source

Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

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🔔 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 would it use? (A tracker lists 80 MW.)
What cooling and backup generators are planned?
When will the planning commission vote?
Has the Lehigh County Authority given this data center a will-serve letter, and for how many gallons a day?
How many backup generators?
How much water will it use?
When will the city vote?
Has the Lehigh County Authority given this data center a will-serve letter, and for how many gallons a day?

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